Despite the conservative outrage, there is nothing new about government mandates requiring proof of vaccination. All 50 states currently require some form of compulsory vaccination for children attending K-12 schools, and various states also mandate vaccination for college students, as well as employees in nursing homes and health-care facilities. There are also branches of local government that have already announced they will mandate the COVID-19 vaccine in certain venues, and more are likely to follow. For example, Erie Country N.Y. Executive Mark Poloncarz announced that starting in the fall all fans and staff attending home games of the Buffalo Bills and Sabres must be vaccinated. Some conservatives oppose already existing vaccine mandates, and it is logically consistent that they would similarly oppose government-mandated proof of COVID-19 vaccination in the same or similar contexts.
This is not about science or even good public policy - this is "You want it so I oppose it"
ReplyDeleteI also find it interesting that for a blog that is supposed to focus on areas of concern to the Jewish community, there is scandalously little coverage of ongoing liberal Jew hatred, for example from The Squad. A Republican of no consequence says something stupid and there's a headline. Tlaib et al repeatedly delegitimize Israel and its supporter and... nothing.
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