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While we are in the mood to demonstrate, there is an issue much greater than the Covid vaccine for me.<\/p>

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How dare the government ban bleaching creams? So what if it has mercury in it that will give me cancer, make me sick and ultimately kill me? It is my right to bleach. West Indian men do not want dark skinned women.<\/p>\n

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The same way people have the right not to take the vaccine and die, this must also be my right.<\/p>

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We allowed the government to get away with banning smoking in public and enclosed spaces and we did nothing.<\/p>

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There was no uproar when governments all over the world made this decision in the interest of the health of all the public.<\/p>\n

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But I am a smoker and I object. I have rights too. So what if second hand smoke was causing health problems like asthma and lung cancer to others. Their rights cannot be greater than mine.<\/p>

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I do not know what is in the Covid vaccine so I am not taking it. I also do not have a clue what is in the food I eat, the liquids I drink or the medication I take when I am sick. But I eat and drink and take medications freely.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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