For many, expedited bill to weaken vaccine mandates either goes too far or not far enough

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11 thoughts on “For many, expedited bill to weaken vaccine mandates either goes too far or not far enough

  1. Friends, we all live and prosper with all sorts of “mandates,” which is another word for rules. We drive on one side of the road, we stop at red lights. Why? Because it’s safer both for us and for other people. We limit our freedom to drive all over the road or to blast through a light to live in a well-regulated–there’s that rules word again–community. When we refrain from yelling “Fire!” in a crowded theater we even limit our speech for the sake of public safety.

    What this misguided bill would do would be to allow anyone at anytime to make her own rules. It’s thumbing your nose at the public good, which is really for your benefit, so you are thumbing your nose at yourself. To use another nose analogy, it’s kinda like cutting off your nose to spite your face.

  2. “religious beliefs” seem to be holding a heck of a lot of water, historically. Americans seem pretty eager to clutch their religious pearls when they don’t like something.

    Functionally, I would rather have a vaccinated healthcare professional than the alternative. For all things. Rabies. Measles. Mumps. COVID. All of them.

    1. The path we are going down is that ALL vaccine mandates will be gone. That’s what Todd Rokita is after.

  3. No one should be forced to be vaccinated against COVID. People should be allowed to make informed decisions! Having said that, if you choose to not get vaccinated, you should absolutely be required to wear a mask at work and get tested at least weekly. These measures have been largely successful in slowing the transmission of COVID since the onset. No working person should have to choose between their job and a vaccination.

    1. Nurses already go through this, they’re forced to get the flu shot or they’re fired.

      What this bill does is weaken any evaluation of the exemption process that’s already in place. Go ahead and tell your employer that you don’t want to get vaccinated because of what you read in Two Corinthians. Find that chiropractor to write a note claiming a person shouldn’t get vaccinated for medical reasons. You know what your employer can do about this after this bill passes? Nothing.

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