> I think the argument for a mandate is stronger when the prevalence of the vaccine can eliminate the virus from society and I think in that case I would suppor

> I think the argument for a mandate is stronger when the prevalence of the vaccine can eliminate the virus from society and I think in that case I would support mandates. But that was never the case for covid. It could have been the case, but it was “all going to blow over” and “not a big deal”. And hence the US became an infection vector for the whole world. > France for instance treats double jabbed but not boosted people as unvaccinated. So? > the omicron wave never translated in a meaningful increase in hospitalisations, booster or no booster. Pure disinformation. “During the Omicron-predominant period, overall weekly adult hospitalization rates peaked at 38.4 per 100,000, exceeding the previous peak on January 9, 2021 (26.1) and the peak rate during the Delta-predominant period (15.5).” It’s been more than two years. Disinformation such as yours is transparent by now. Just admit that it’s political - e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23405649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23405649 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22614676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22614676 - and save all of us some time.