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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.

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Including journalists and thorns in the side of govt. Well documented, but not promulgated by mass media.

Welcome to why many have expressed concerns on covid vaccine mandates.

Except vaccine mandates are nothing new?

Neither is abuse of powers implemented in the heat or passions of a crisis...

Yet nevertheless, both still persist.

But 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.

What about all this? https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/10/08/states-have...

That'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.

What 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?

George 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...

The 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.

And the us military also gave their soldiers Benzedrine (Amphetamine) during ww2. Your point?

I take it you never worked in childcare?

Yeah, and? It's one thing to ban someone from a specific occupation, and another to ban someone from all/most jobs.

I 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.

Requiring 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.

Which governments have the power to require vaccinations?

State 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/

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