when it comes to the argument of bodily autonomy in regards to covid vaccinations, you're still free to not get a covid vaccine. I think you're making it sound

when it comes to the argument of bodily autonomy in regards to covid vaccinations, you're still free to not get a covid vaccine. I think you're making it sound more black-and-white than it really was. It's true that they weren't talking about coming into your house and holding you down. But they did try to make it as close to "you can't get a job to earn money to buy food" as they could. Pres Biden did issue an EO saying that anybody doing business with the federal government, and anybody in their supply chain, must ensure that their employees are vaccinated. Given the enormous size of the federal government, this covers a huge proportion of the country. (the courts did throw this out, but not before they'd coerced a lot of people to go against their own conscience) Further, that's as far as the politicians and regulators were able to go. I seem to recall talk in some locales (NYC?) talking about wanting to implement vaccine passports, with which local businesses would deny entry to unvaccinated people, so you can't even go to the grocery store to buy food. And, of course, my main point was about what the masses were arguing for. I don't think you could seriously deny that a sizable faction of people were arguing that the government SHOULD do all of the above. And that's exactly what I'm saying: people are claiming to back the idea of "bodily autonomy", but for a whole lot of them, their actions demonstrate that this is much less a fundamental inalienable right than they're willing to admit today.