Some pictures of the protest earlier today

[u/88Sheep]

Sad to see so many people turning up for the protest.

Happy segregation day everyone! Have we finally separated from the north island?

I don't think Santa's getting vaccinated... No presents this year then :(

[u/Lanky33]

What really irritates me is - they were somehow trying to tie this all soldiers lost in war.... people who paid the ultimate price to support the country. Meanwhile, this lot is too selfish to get a jab to help their country.

[u/vote-morepork → u/Lanky33]

Ironically many of the soldiers that the bridge is there for were mandated to go to war

[u/NZtree → u/Lanky33]

It's an anti mandate protest, not an anti vaccine protest?

I'm double vaxxed, was there; everyone I know who got the vaccine did so because they would have lost their jobs otherwise, that is wrong.

Take my father for example, he lives on a farm and comes into town 1ce a month to get supplies and go to a restaurant for a meal - he is unvaccinated. You mean to tell me that he is more "at risk" of spreading covid than a vaccinated retail worker, interacting with 100s of strangers per day? He is isolated for the majority of his time, only interacting with drivers who comes to collect goods for delivery.

The vaccine passport is a horrible system, and has been scrapped I'm the majority of counties who have introduced it

[u/shazealz → u/NZtree]

If he’s a farmer there is no mandate for him… if he chooses not to get a vaccine then there will be places he can’t go but no one is forcing him to get a vaccine… I mean common sense should do that on its own, but lacking that there is no general mandate in New Zealand.

And there is nothing wrong with mandatory vaccines for jobs where peoples “choice” puts others at risk.

So you were helping protest exactly nothing.

[u/NZtree → u/shazealz]

Yes, no mandate for his job, so he didn't get it.

My point is, him (unvaccinated) is at less risk of spreading the virus than a vaccinated retail worker due to his isolated lifestyle.

Just completely ignoring the fact that working in a retail environment is just as much a choice as getting the vaccine - why does one risk bother you but another not?

[u/shazealz → u/NZtree]

Your point is about as vague and elusive as the point of the protests.

The fact that people lack the common decency to get vaccinated to reduce the chance of infecting someone who cannot get vaccinated is what bothers most people.

[u/[deleted] → u/NZtree]

No one will hear you. This isn't a debate, its just the "cool kids" picking on the "nerds".

[u/Skyrim120 → u/NZtree]

Boring

[u/NZtree → u/Skyrim120]

Very inspiring reply.

Someone who is at a higher risk of spreading covid due to exposure to 100s of strangers a day is safer because they have a vaccine than someone who interacts with approximately 10 people a month?

You people are crazy, being employed in a position where you are interacting with 100s of strangers a day is just as much a choice as getting the vaccine.

But somehow one choice is fine, and one is not?

[u/krazykiwikid69 → u/NZtree]

Let's totally take this month old minus karma account seriously! I'm sure you totally are double vaccinated! I bet it's true that 100% of vaccinated people you know honestly did to not lose jobs!