Is there a law in the US -- and do name it, post a link to it! -- according to which covid vaccination is mandatory? — baker
Under labor laws, employers have the right to set their terms and conditions of employment — if a worker doesn't comply, a company can give them the ax. This also applies for COVID-19 vaccinations, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
"The EEOC has made clear that individuals can be required to take the vaccine as a term and condition of employment. That is subject to requests for accommodation based on medical reasons or sincerely held religious belief," Helen Rella, a workplace attorney at New York-based law firm Wilk Auslander, told CBS MoneyWatch.
(And even if the US has one, many other countries don't.) — baker
The onus is on those who want to persuade others. — baker
Overall, the military’s vaccination rate has climbed since August, when Defense Department leaders, acting on a directive from President Biden, informed the nation’s 2.1 million troops that immunization would become mandatory, exemptions would be rare and those who refuse would be punished. Yet troops’ response has been scattershot, according to data assessed by The Washington Post.
For instance, 90 percent of the active-duty Navy is fully vaccinated, whereas just 72 percent of the Marine Corps is, the data shows, even though both services share a Nov. 28 deadline. In the Air Force, more than 60,000 personnel have just three weeks to meet the Defense Department’s most ambitious deadline.
I hope people in the military in the US don't get vaccinated because it will weaken the position of the government in effectively forcing people to take medication. — I like sushi
Ask yourself where does this compulsion to disagree come from.
— Olivier5
You should ask yourself that.
I agree with plenty of people on plenty of things. — baker
I think it’s a strange idea not to allow people to choose what to do with their own bodies. — I like sushi
You have a right to refuse a vaccine, you don't have a right to infect others. — Xtrix
What a stupid effing comment. How terrible does it have to be? What else would you say that about? And does, or does not, the state have an interest in the well-being of its citizens?Covid isn't particularly terrible — I like sushi
What a stupid effing comment. How terrible does it have to be? What else would you say that about? And does, or does not, the state have an interest in the well-being of its citizens? — tim wood
I think that’s a pretty poor argument anyway. If other people have taken the vaccine then the chances of the, getting infected and dying are very very small. — I like sushi
Covid isn't particularly terrible and we've got a much better understanding of it now so it makes no sense not to get back to normal asap ... and perhaps deal with things that actually kill far more people globally like heart disease (due to greed in the food production industry) and basic poverty (which has been intensified due to lockdowns). — I like sushi
Other people can still get infected and although their risk of hospitalization or dying is greatly reduced there is still a risk. Also if they have a breakthrough infection and then infect others who are vaccinated the chances that someone will be hospitalized or die increase. Being vaccinated is such a minor thing to do for the sake of those you are close to and the community as a whole that there is no good argument for refusing vaccination. Given that, any reduction of risk to others is a good argument for being vaccinated. Not to be vaccinated is simply a selfish act. — Janus
People shouldn't be effectively forced to put something into their bodies. This is the law for all vaccinations. — I like sushi
You don't need to educate me about Covid trust me on that ;) — I like sushi
The good argument is that it is demanding people do something with their bodies (medical) without a say in the matter. Do you not see how this is dangerous? — I like sushi
The 'subject' is forcing people to take medication in the terms I am arguing. — I like sushi
Being vaccinated is such a minor thing to do — Janus
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