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Not at all. Vaccine mandates date back to George Washington, if you look at it the right way.

by Filligree 5y ago

vips7L 5y ago
Just because there is precedent doesn’t mean it’s not overreach.
- owlbynight 5y ago
  It would be overreach were our country's stability not being undermined by large pockets of selfish lemmings that clearly cannot apply logic and critical thinking to their decision making. I don't want to pay even more for everything in my life due to inflation caused by social parachutes because some toothless hillbillies in the South my taxes are ALREADY propping up don't understand their insecurity is being monetized by grifters. If you don't want mandates, perhaps evaluate the consequences of applying the same level vitriol to every single request made of you by the collective regardless of its reasonability.
  - Indomit 5y ago
    How'd you arrive at that being the key demographic for the unvaccinated?
kiba 5y ago
George Washington carried out an inoculation campaign against the wishes of the continental congress.
whatthesmack 5y ago
Isn't this very different, though? Historically, mandated vaccines weren't mandated before we knew they were safe longer-term. We're still awaiting FDA approval for a majority of the available SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the US, yet many folks would be mandated to receive one. Many folks will see this as being mandated to be a test subject, which is why there has been substantial legal pushback against the mandate less than 24 hours after Biden announced it.
- TheJoeMan 5y ago
  Always interesting to ask “who would benefit from this most” and that would be………… Pfizer! Their competitors can’t sell vaccines if they’re too late!
- deleted 5y ago
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ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago
I grew up overseas, and got poked on a regular. Every time I traveled, we had to have "our shots." These were 100% mandated by the country we were coming to. Since my "home base" was in Africa, we had some fun bugs, and I had to get a whole battery of shots. I have several vaccination scars on my body, and I developed a lifelong fear of needles, as a result of the giant horse needles they used for the thick sludge they'd jab me with (which left me feeling like I'd lost a fistfight with a gorilla). When I got my COVID vaccination shots, I didn't even feel it, as the needle was so tiny.

Not at all. Vaccine mandates date back to George Washington, if you look at it the right way.

vips7L 5y ago

Just because there is precedent doesn’t mean it’s not overreach.

owlbynight 5y ago
It would be overreach were our country's stability not being undermined by large pockets of selfish lemmings that clearly cannot apply logic and critical thinking to their decision making. I don't want to pay even more for everything in my life due to inflation caused by social parachutes because some toothless hillbillies in the South my taxes are ALREADY propping up don't understand their insecurity is being monetized by grifters. If you don't want mandates, perhaps evaluate the consequences of applying the same level vitriol to every single request made of you by the collective regardless of its reasonability.
- Indomit 5y ago
  How'd you arrive at that being the key demographic for the unvaccinated?

kiba 5y ago

George Washington carried out an inoculation campaign against the wishes of the continental congress.

whatthesmack 5y ago

Isn't this very different, though? Historically, mandated vaccines weren't mandated before we knew they were safe longer-term. We're still awaiting FDA approval for a majority of the available SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in the US, yet many folks would be mandated to receive one. Many folks will see this as being mandated to be a test subject, which is why there has been substantial legal pushback against the mandate less than 24 hours after Biden announced it.

TheJoeMan 5y ago
Always interesting to ask “who would benefit from this most” and that would be………… Pfizer! Their competitors can’t sell vaccines if they’re too late!
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ChrisMarshallNY 5y ago

I grew up overseas, and got poked on a regular. Every time I traveled, we had to have "our shots." These were 100% mandated by the country we were coming to. Since my "home base" was in Africa, we had some fun bugs, and I had to get a whole battery of shots. I have several vaccination scars on my body, and I developed a lifelong fear of needles, as a result of the giant horse needles they used for the thick sludge they'd jab me with (which left me feeling like I'd lost a fistfight with a gorilla). When I got my COVID vaccination shots, I didn't even feel it, as the needle was so tiny.