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That's not the point. We gave the government power for a very specific reason, and now that power is being overextended for a use it was never intended.
by voidfunc 5y ago
That's not the point. We gave the government power for a very specific reason, and now that power is being overextended for a use it was never intended.
- yeuxardents 5y agoIncluding journalists and thorns in the side of govt. Well documented, but not promulgated by mass media.
- bushbaba 5y agoWelcome to why many have expressed concerns on covid vaccine mandates.
- dataflow 5y agoExcept vaccine mandates are nothing new?
- salawat 5y agoNeither is abuse of powers implemented in the heat or passions of a crisis... Yet nevertheless, both still persist.
- ipaddr 5y agoBut they are. I don't remember not being able to go somewhere and eat or work in government. Never has anyone asked or mandated a vaccine for employment for any place I've worked. You can't fly, take a train without them. That's new.. very new.
- kelseyfrog 5y agoWhat an interesting perspective. I've never heard about people who determine the validity of laws based on their ability to remember them. How did you arrive at this way of thinking?
- dataflow 5y agoWhat about all this? https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/08/states-have-mandated-vaccinations-since-long-before-covid-19/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/08/states-have...
- ipaddr 5y agoThat's true and a barrier. But my comment was limited to activities you couldn't do before to a number of things like flying or eating anywhere.
- Bud 5y agoGeorge Washington required immunization of all his forces against smallpox. That was in 1777. Look it up. It's not new. Please do at least five seconds of googling before making this assertion in public again. https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/08/states-have-mandated-vaccinations-since-long-before-covid-19/ https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/08/states-have...
- ipaddr 5y agoThe US military has forced many drugs on their employees. I do not doubt some vaccines are required and they will do it for you on. Preventing a retired person who hasn't agreed to give away rights from eating food is not the same.
- bushbaba 5y agoAnd the us military also gave their soldiers Benzedrine (Amphetamine) during ww2. Your point?
- sosborn 5y agoI take it you never worked in childcare?
- gruez 5y agoYeah, and? It's one thing to ban someone from a specific occupation, and another to ban someone from all/most jobs.
- ipaddr 5y agoI worked as a councillor in a at risk youth rec center. Formal position with required Police check and lengthy interview process. No vaccine question or requirement.
- mrtesthah 5y agoRequiring people to vaccinate is a power that’s been granted to governments for 100 years by the US supreme court. It is a very long-standing precedent, for extremely good reason.
- alasdair_ 5y agoWhich governments have the power to require vaccinations?
- mrtesthah 5y agoState governments. >A state may enact a compulsory vaccination law, since the legislature has the discretion to decide whether vaccination is the best way to prevent smallpox and protect public health. Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/ https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/197/11/