People who do not to be vaccinated
 

I would question anyone’s intellectual capacity if they agree with howard stern. Just because people do not want to be vaccinated, does not mean they are ignorant or careless. The numbers for people who have died of the virus are cooked and the agencies who, supposedly, advise on medical needs of the public have been shown to be biased, political and blatant liars. If you believe that a virus can be eradicated, it is you who do not rely on facts. Maybe it is, you who is the idiot.

There is a HUGE difference between the flu virus and the Covid virus. Covid is much more contagious, deadly and affects OTHERS. We are all getting the vaccine for the common good. We are protecting others. We are trying to get back to normal. Not getting the vaccine affects OTHERS much more than the flu vaccine. I care about OTHERS. People need to stop being so selfish, high and mighty and self-serving and help others.

1938 Germany comes to mind.

Vaccine Mandate
 

Vaccine mandates was taken to the Supreme Court over the small pox vaccine and the Court stood with the vaccine mandates and I'm sure this court case will be used to deny any lawsuits to stop the vaccine mandates. At least I hope this Supreme Court stands by the law and not an opinion.

Maybe the Federal Gov can mandate vaccinations legally, .....or maybe not. I keep hearing on here about how vaccinations have been mandated in the past, BUT I am not sure that the Federal Gov has EVER mandated U.S. citizens vaccinated. Individual states have mandated vaccinations for school attendance and I believe a few towns way back mandated it's citizens to get the small pox vaccination, but I can not remember reading or being taught that there was ever a federal mandate for U.S. citizens to be vaccinated. What other countries do for entry into their borders is not pertinent.

I believe that was for a State mandate, not a federal mandate. I may be wrong, and I am sure someone will provide proof.

Noooo. The anti vax idiots are the ones responsible for the out of control virus that is forming variants as it continues to spawn and that is affecting ALL of us and OUR freedoms to have our full lives back. Look at all those who continue to die and now our young children are at risk. It is a tiny shot that you barely feel and 99% safe. Look at smallpox and measles and polio....all mostly eradicated due to our wonderful scientists and compliance. Stop the stupid nonsense over a shot ...just do it so we can get this under control.

Yeah...would that be for all the hunting you do at the Villages, or are you planning to shoot the virus?

I agree, but they have had plenty of time to get the vac and they just won't do it. People need to be able to work w/o fearing they will catch something from a coworker and bring it home to their family....to knowingly (possibly) spread a disease is not a right. It's not political...the putting the foot down may be, but the mandate is not.
Could this new rule been handled differently, of course, by not allowing, what's so ever- nonvaxers into public situations, but that too comes across political, as we have experienced. Maybe this is our only answer.
I heard one guy on a talk show last night say... what is wrong with this country? Other countries face the same thing, but they don't react like us... they help each other and get the shot. I guess our selfishness just shines.

I guess you skimmed over the part where I said I rarely agreed with him. but how typical that you discount Howard Stern who apparently is intelligent enough to have found a niche and made a fortune off it. the remainder of what you said is too stupid to debate.

I dont...

This is not the first time vaccines have been mandated. Every kid gets vaccinated before they can start school. Mandatory vaccines have eliminated small pox, polio, and measles. It has already been shown that the Only way to get everyone vaccinated is to mandate it. To eliminate the disease it takes everyone to be vaccinated.

yeah, well mandates were good enough for George Washington who was fighting for democracy....

Religion has nothing to do with it!

I strongly agree with mandating vaccinations. Consider that when people enter the military service, they all receive a lot of shots and vaccinations, often injected at one time by air gun. They get mandatory haircuts, even if it is against their religion. Of course Covid vaccinations should be required!

And of course OSHA should be involved, as this is a matter of workplace safety. OSHA mandates when masks must be worn when removing paint, for the safety of workers. Workplace safety is their job! Keeping people away from workplace infections is part of a safe workplace.

There are a lot of jobs where you can’t work if you have tuberculosis, or AIDS, or Herpes or if you are a carrier of some strains of bacteria. Many workers are required to get tetanus shots. Smoking isn’t allowed usually in restaurants, stores, hospitals, government buildings, offices. Why? Because the smoke might hurt those who don’t smoke. The risk from Covid is much greater. One role of government is keeping us safe. These rules help keep us safe. Do you want to enter the hospital knowing that the nurse or aide or janitor there might be giving you a possibly fatal disease? I want Covid vaccinations required in medical settings! I want them required for grocery store check-out clerks!

Back when George Washington required all of the soldiers in his army to be inoculated for smallpox, I’m sure there were some who didn’t want to be, but they had to anyway, even though a couple of them caught smallpox from the inoculations and died. Those smallpox inoculations saved hundreds of lives and so helped win the war. I doubt that many of them who were inoculated would rather have contracted smallpox or given it to other people.