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Citation needed that you need a vaccine to get on a train in the US.
by gfodor 5y ago
Citation needed that you need a vaccine to get on a train in the US.
- woodruffw 5y agoYou don't. You just need one to go to daycare, public school, or college.
- chana_masala 5y agoAll of those places have previously allowed medical, religious and philosophical exemptions
- woodruffw 5y ago> All of those places have previously allowed medical, religious and philosophical exemptions Medical, yes. Religious and philosophical? Broadly, no[1]. [1]: https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/vaccinations.html https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/publications/topic/vaccinations.htm...
- chana_masala 5y agoYour own source shows that religious has broadly been accepted previously.
- woodruffw 5y agoHere's the full CDC brief[1]. The short version: your religious belief generally has to be "sincerely held" (which means that you don't get to pick and choose which vaccines you take based on political winds). Some states have even stronger constraints, including you to present an affidavit and demonstrate that your religious beliefs are not merely an extension of some misguided personal belief. [1]: https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/docs/school-vaccinations.pdf https://www.cdc.gov/phlp/docs/school-vaccinations.pdf
- chana_masala 5y ago> your religious beliefs are not merely an extension of some misguided personal belief Is there a difference? I ask this as an ardant Hindu who practices lots of woo woo
- woodruffw 5y agoThat's between you, your god(s), and your local bureaucrat.
- ghaff 5y agoOr increasingly to enter a large number of other venues including offices--or to stay employed generally.
- gfodor 5y agoThe claim was this was a burden on par with shoes. I claim it is far beyond that and many of the US mandates will be struck down. The precedent is a state level mandate with a $150 penalty.
- woodruffw 5y ago> Or increasingly to enter a large number of other venues including offices--or to stay employed generally. Good!