In NY State. vaccines are mandated to attend school. I know, as a child, I had to be vaccinated before I could attend school. All it takes is one state to mandate vaccines and the stance that vaccines are not mandated to attend school becomes moot.

School Immunization Requirements

Countries like New Zealand and many others are able to have much stricter MANDATES for public Health than the US has. They STILL have their FREEDOMS and the freedom to be alive and enjoy those lives. Death and suffering in hospitals like in the US do NOT give Americans more FREEDOM to LIVE - just FREEDOM to die AND often take OTHER people's lives with them.

How can you say a virus cannot be eradicated? The small pox virus was eradicated. The polio virus was eradicated. How? By vaccinating a public who was not resistant to the vaccines.

Thank goodness we didn't have a population of "Karens" back then. We may be living with those viruses today if it weren't for those vaccinations that people were glad to take.

Comes to your mind, not mine.

So, you don't follow the science?

Neither the CDC, nor and of the vaccine producers have recommended you get a booster yet... Only the WH...

If the vaccine works, it is not possible that we will go thru this every 4-6 months...

Speaking of toddlers, gives me an idea. Maybe there should be a mandate, that a certain demographic cannot get the vaccination and booster (if/when available)? Maybe by using reverse child psychology, we can get that demographic storming vaccination centers for shots - instead of to our Capitol?

Why would anyone discount Howard Stern?

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No they don't...

Well, okay, DECADE. Ten years but it can be more if there are issues along way. I know someone who works for the FDA and it's a very corrupt process, as they often shelve superior drugs for those that are pushed by lawmakers because of lobbyists in the pharm industry. He was quick to add it's that way on both sides of the aisle, one party not better than the other in that regard (favoritism).

More kids have died from the flu every year than have died of covid, yet we don't do anything about that...

I guess you don't care about those kids...

See how that works?

Everybody drink!

Because those were true, sterilizing vaccines that prevented infection. These vaccines, if you can call them that, don't. They aren't really vaccines, that's a misnomer.

You're right, you DON'T understand. Read much into what folks write? Did I say people that did not serve are cowards, or is this your way of attempting to provoke an argument? And that last sentence that is hardly coherent means what? Oh well, have a great weekend.....or not. :ho:

Excellent post.

Flu shots are not a requirement everywhere in health care. They are offered, but not required.

Millions of school children are also NOT required to get basic immunization. It's a local school board issue. NOT an Federal one...

I stand by what I said. It's not a federal mandate that children obtain vaccinations before entering public school. It is a state mandate. Quite a difference.

I hope everyone realizes that we could have everyone on the planet vaccinated and Covid would still be with us. It's never going away. It will mutate to survive and already has, because that's what viruses do when faced with inferior prevention methods like these vaccines. It won't be eradicated until they come up with something better/more effective.

As usual, you are wrong...

From the OSH website: "HBV Vaccination
The standard requires employers to offer the
vaccination series to all workers who have
occupational exposure."

Requires employers to "OFFER the vaccine", not that the employees are REQUIRED to take it...

And as S. Weaver said in the movie, "Aliens", "has IQs dropped since I was gone?"

So you don't care about the health of small business workers or illegal immigrants?

Required and Mandatory? I don't think so...

"While food service employers can offer hepatitis A vaccine to their employees if they wish, most public health authorities prefer not to make it mandatory for the following reasons: There is no evidence that food service workers are at any greater risk of acquiring hepatitis A than are people in other occupations."

Took all of 10 seconds to google that...

Covid will eventually burn itself out after a few years as did the 1918 influenza pandemic. The exception might be if Covid 19 is a gain of function engineered virus.
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"The death rate in 1918 was very high ... somewhere between 2 and 2 1/2%," Nancy Bristow, a history professor at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Wash., told NPR.

LEGALLY... And they are typically examined for health problems...

Surely you're familiar with Ellis Island...

Do you feel the same about someone who ate poorly their whole life and has a heart attack?

What about non-compliant diabetics?

May I suggest this?

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Union influence...

That's because there aren't any...

Let's see, I mentioned the border once and I am obsessed by it? OK. "Constant reference?" No, I fear for the safety of STUPID people that are so full of mass hysteria that they are running amok screaming about the sky falling because less than one percent of the unvaxxed might catch covid. My opinion is that many of you do not have faith or confidence in the vaccination and are really just worried that some of these folks that are NOT vaxxed might not ever catch Covid and make you folks feel like idiots for screaming about the injustice of those that have the freedom to refuse being vaccinated.
Yes friend, lots of folks come from immigrated families, but most likely those families came here legally. You are more afraid of U.S. citizens not agreeing with you than all those that sneak into our country with misc diseases, criminals intent on evil or just plain refusing to abide by our laws. Laws which you wish to change in order to force your fellow Americans into doing things YOUR WAY.
No, I do not care about those that die that I do not know. It is a shame, but that is life (and death) and no one gets out alive. I have a friend that asked me today as to whether or not he should get the vaccination. I told him why I got mine and told him that I think that the vaccination is a miracle, but I told him that I would not make that decision for him. I told him that he should think of all the things that might happen if he doesn't and any negative things that might happen that have not yet occurred if he was to get the shots. There is less than a 1% chance that he would catch covid and die. Pretty good odds.
But folks like those on here that ostracize others that haven't received their shots, will probably be responsible for some NOT getting the shots and possibly even dying. So, when you call folks names and get snarky in your responses, take that into consideration.
If long posts are difficult for you to read because of a concentration problem, rest easy because this one is not that important. It is just my opinion.......:)

Really?

I had covid...

Almost a year before the vaccine was available. Much to the chagrin of some, I'm still here...

Well-written post!

Wrong, once again...

Lawmakers call for COVID-19 vaccine requirement on Capitol Hill

Actually, most who contract Covid survive... Most, by a HUGE margin...

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Less than 6 weeks ago... It's ancient!

If by "for political purposes" you mean "because it would likely be unconstitutional", then okay.

The new mandates affect employment rules for federal employees, federal contractors, certain health care workers, and employees of companies with 100 or more employees. If you are not in one of those groups (retirees, unemployed, employee of a small bicycle shop or restaurant, etc) then the mandates don't affect you. I assume your "illegals" are not in one of those groups.

We can agree or disagree with the mandates but we MUST have a clue what we are talking about.