Forced Vaccines (Flash Back)A vaccine mandate refers to imposing a consequence for vaccine refusal.
Channel: MentalHouse TV w/Khadijah
Date: 2016-12-05

A vaccine mandate refers to imposing a consequence for vaccine refusal. The consequence can be a fine or denial of access to a service, job, or venues like hotels, cruise ships, and sports events. The dilemma is almost as old as vaccines: Can the state coerce citizens to get jabbed in the interests of public health? What about other institutions, such as schools, universities, or employers? And if they can mandate shots, should they?

Even with the more familiar vaccines against smallpox, measles, whooping cough, and the like, these questions have never been answered definitively in most countries. That haunts us now that we’re fighting a coronavirus pandemic and need to make urgent decisions.

Most governments, for now, are treading lightly, because they fear alienating the very people who need to roll up their sleeves and cooperate. Italy, for example, has mandated Covid vaccines only for health workers, and the U.K. is considering doing the same. But some politicians, exasperated about the many vaccine slouches, are contemplating more drastic measures. Rodrigo Duterte, president of the Philippines, has rather hyperbolically threatened that he’ll throw in jail anybody who refuses to get jabbed.

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Schools, clubs and employers are facing the same conundrum — and also want to avoid getting sued. In the U.S. many universities are requiring jabs for all those who want to return this fall to physical dorms and classrooms, but will presumably let other students “attend” virtually. On Wall Street, Morgan Stanley is mandating vaccination for employees who want to come back into the office while making all others dial-in. Institutions everywhere will sooner or later face the same choices.

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