Just because you are vaccinated doesn’t mean you won’t be infected by the coronavirus. The vaccine reduces the probability of being infected, by about 20x, but does not eliminate it. Conflating the coronavirus with HIV is not a rational thing to do. However, if you and the person next to you decide to become blood brothers by clenching hands after slicing your palms open then I guess you might contract the HIV virus if your new blood brother is infected.
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Originally Posted by Bill14564
If I'm vaccinated against Covid then I won't contract it from the passenger next to me. In the case of HIV, you are assuming that no set of circumstances will occur that might lead to exposure to blood. That's a big assumption with pretty serious consequences if the assumption is incorrect. If "better safe than sorry" or "wouldn't you want to know" are the driving principles for the vaccination passport for Covid then someone somewhere is going to decide that those principles apply to measles, TB, HIV, and who knows what else.
Just to be clear, I am absolutely against such a "passport." Any examples I present are what I envision might happen if people become afraid and stop thinking rationally. People become afraid far too often.
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