Actually, it makes PERFECT sense when one reads between the lines. If it were spelled out, then it would be less interesting than having to contemplate or research the meaning. It is the same thing that directors of famous movies do to create a "buzz" - various endings are sometimes enjoyed by an audience.

Mandate
 

Get a vaccine or lose your job. I may have missed something. Is there a mandate get a vaccine or lose your welfare? Or get a vaccine or lose your food stamps? Or get a vaccine or lose your free everything if you are in the country illegally? There must be, and I just missed it, right

What do you think "mandates" are? They are a form of "dictatorship" because someone else is making your decision for you and you have NO choice. That ain't no Democracy that I know of.

Do you really need to have the difference between a "mandate" and a "law" explained to you?

What Is an Executive Order?

This spells it out. You will find all of these in a law library for instance.

Supreme Court blocks Biden Covid vaccine mandate for businesses, allows health-care worker rule

On what planet in what universe?????

Actually, we do track "that stuff' and 95% of the ICU beds a re UNvaccinated.

Unvaccinated ARE THE PROBLEM, no matter how many times the liars repeat they're not.

Access Denied

This gives details in the thinking behind this.

The US was a Democracy when I grew up in the 60s and 70s (and before). Polio shots were "mandated" by Federal Government Agencies. There was a national mandate for the "Soil Bank" for farmers and ranchers - they were PAID to NOT FARM! Was that Federal overreach - some kind of socialism or communist plot? What about the doctrine of "eminent domain" ....another quasi-government "socialism" take-over? What about when the Federal requires an MMR shot (note...not jab) or an RSV vaccination? What about the Federal Government paying the oil companies for drilling - years after it was unnecessary - where is the OUTCRY against that.
No! Today's anti-vaxx movement is a fairly recent development (about 10 to 15 years). And yes, there was some early "live virus" vaccines around 1940 or whenever, that got some early anti-vaxxing going. But, medical science was less knowledgable then vs today. And, if we don't slip into some dark ages from WW3, medical science will be more impressive in 2050. Today's anti-vaxx movement is stronger than earlier versions due to the linking of some religious believers, Russian propagandists, intellectual laziness, and chaotic social and cultural thinking grabbing hold of US minds.
.......Basically, we have anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, anti-certain groups, and anti-science types - all leading to anti-democracy. So SAD!

So, you'd be fine if the guy who does your colonoscopy says "nah - I don't feel like washing my hands today, and no one better dare mandate that."

Or your dentist say "oh - that dirt on the drill? That's from the last guy we used it on. Clean it? Since when does anyone mandate what we do with our own equipment? Open up...."

Or the rec center say "we don't have to put "caution, wet floor" cones on the tile after washing them - no one can mandate that."

(here's a clue: the government can absolutely mandate ALL of those things. And they DO mandate that).

You're okay with all the above, so why do you object to knowing that the nurse who takes care of your sick spouse at the hospital is vaccinated?

Also I'm thinking I'll just start parking in handicap spots from now on. Because the government shouldn't be mandating who gets to park closer to Publix than anyone else. And if I feel like blocking the wheelchair ramp with my car at the curb, you need to just relax and wait til I'm darned good and ready to move. To heck with the ADA, screw those mandates.

Science is my most favorite subject, especially the Old Testament

Actually, my post was about the subject of debates. And I threw in some Historic references. it was all fairly factual and straightforward. There was little, if anything, opinionating there. And "mandates" were not mentioned. Maybe in one of my other posts??????

The Planet - Strange Villagerland. There are a few such orbiting around us in the "outer fringes"!