If the phenomenon of which there seems to be so much fear existed, you would probably have already experienced mass deaths in your life so far, you would have been a surviving witness to such an event.

I'm assuming you're referring to covid 19 above. If so, then no, I would not statistically be a "surviving witness" to such an event. People infected with Covid 19 only have a mortality rate of around 1% and that chance of death is further lowered by two important factors: 1) the chance of infection itself, which can be largely be mitigated by social distancing measures, and 2) the mortality rate is much higher among the elderly. I am not in contact with many older people and most people in the area where I live practiced rigorous social distancing procedure. So all the deaths I know about from covid 19 are second hand accounts.

Further steps would be needed to substantiate the theory of how transmission occurs.

I am not aware of any major disputes about the general theory of how viruses are transmitted. Even an observant lay person can observe in their everyday life that viruses are transmitted through social contact with other people. When one person in a family contracts a virus, it is not uncommon that the virus will spread to other people in the household. And I think there has been enough scientific research done to establish that viruses can be transmitted either via physical contact with infected surfaces or by breathing in aerosols. If you are disputing these theories, please include links to the scientific results that contradict these theories.

otherwise we would be fighting for sheer survival.

Are you talking about survival of individuals, or the entire species of mankind? I am NOT arguing that there is a risk that covid 19 is going to wipe out our species. I haven't seen anyone arguing that. But we are still looking at lot of unnecessary loss of life if we don't take simple precautions.

How much are you driven by the desire for everyone to be vaccinated and what do you think should happen if the resistance to such treatment remains? Do you allow those who do not hold your view the freedom of choice, including remaining in their usual places of work and social circles?

I don't believe everyone needs to get vaccinated. But I think people should receive accurate information about the risks involved in the choice. Unfortunately, a lot of people on the anti-vax side use a lot of non-scientific propaganda that confuses people about the risks. I don't even think they do it on purpose: they just don't know much about how to analyze data scientifically and they let their emotions guide their "analysis". And what's particularly ridiculous to me, many of these same people claim without any proof that vaccination drives are all some huge conspiracy by shadowy figures, again without any real proof, and against all probability.

Do you allow those who do not hold your view the freedom of choice, including remaining in their usual places of work and social circles?

I believe people should have the freedom to associate according to their own consensus. If a bunch of anti-vaxers want to run a company where they clump together in a small room everyday and sing the national anthem loudly before beginning work, I believe they should be allowed to do so (although I DO NOT recommend it). But their rights don't extend to placing the lives of others who think otherwise in unnecessary danger. So I also believe that people have the right to not work with people who don't want to get vaccinated. I'm going to bet you would not be happy if someone infected with Ebola tried to argue with you that they should be allowed to continue working where you work.

So, what does this mean under a capitalist system? Owners of companies can mandate that their employees must be vaccinated to work there. Employees have the right to leave a company if they don't agree with the company policies. This is freedom for all parties concerned. There are economic consequences in such choices, of course, and a person must weigh such consequences against their desire to work in a vaccinated environment by leaving one where employees are not vaccinated (and similarly, for anti-vaxers, they must weigh a job change against the risks they perceive associated with getting the vaccine).

I also believe there should be some amount of "informed consent" when one must interact socially with a person who is going against the scientific recommendations against spread of the disease. The idea is similar to the idea of informing one's sexual partner of a STD prior to engaging in sex with them. This particularly is important for immunocompromised people, who are at high risk of dying from covid 19, and for whom a vaccine is a less effective deterrent because of their weakened immune system.

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