Will the COVID vaccine be mandatory?

HRE wrote:

I can't see anyway they can make a vaccination mandatory. But I could see them making it very difficult to resist. Could they require anyone wanting to fly to get vaccinated? Could/would universities not admit anyone who isn't vaccinated? Could you have to pay hefty surcharge on your health insurance if you aren't vaccinated?

Those are the more likely (and some what reasonable) outcomes. I had a kid who couldn't get one of the vaccines (allergic to one of the ingredients) and had to get all sorts of paperwork to be allowed into daycare and school. These types of mandates have been challenged in courts and they have all tended to stand up (exceptions of religion and health issues. Not for political grand standing).

All that being said, no way in hell I am going to be first in line for some fast tracked vaccine. I am willing to wait 6 months for the more complete trials to be finished and data analyized. If I was in a high risk group, my math might be a bit different...

Yes, just like masks are...this country is a mess!

be careful now wrote:

I know a “vaccine mandate“ is a wet dream for some people.

However, I would be careful what you wish for. If a government can mandate that you take a vaccine, especially for a virus with less than a 1% death rate, in the name of the “common good” or the collective then the government can basically make you do anything it wants moving forward and say it’s for that same “common good” (whatever that particular government defines as common good at that period of time).

I doubt it will be a law, but it will mandated by default. Schools and many employers will require it, if for no other reason than to cover their own tails. It would allow you to remain open and you can say that you are doing everything possible to ensure safety, that's a good way to avoid being sued should someone contract the virus and try to pin it on your school, business etc.

Hardloper wrote:

Constitutional expert Alan Dershowitz says the government can force you to take a vaccine. I don't think it will need to be made mandatory though.

The fun thing about Dersh on the vaccine is that it must send the Qanon people into a tizzy. They really want to say that Dersh was in the basement of Comet Ping Pong taking adrenachrome with Jeffrey Epstein and the Clintons. But then Dersh comes out and defends Trump on impeachment. But the Dersh comes out pro-government mandated vaccines.

I know you leftists tend to be druggies, and it’s obviously the case with you. One of the reasons we support Trump is that he wouldn’t try this type of totalitarian fascism that the leftist Dems would.