FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine

Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:19AM (#28277148)

> imagine the Trump admin trying to require you to take the vaccine in November of last year. Cities would have burned over it.

I don't like "Imagine x doing y" arguments because it makes us insert our own biases on a hypothetical scenario that isn't the current reality.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by xeromal on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:43AM (#28277590)

But doing that is literally empathy, a useful skill.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by the_doctah on Monday August 23, 2021 @03:18PM (#28280653)

That's pretty much saying hypothetical situations have no value. Which is false.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by zacharytelschow on Monday August 23, 2021 @11:38AM (#28277495)

That hypothetical scenario is current reality for just under half the country.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by neogodless on Monday August 23, 2021 @02:03PM (#28279675)

I may be misunderstanding your meaning, but I think you mean that half of the country does not like Biden, and Biden is requiring everyone to get the vaccine?

Is that happening? I cannot find any federal law of any kind (let alone stemming from the oval office) requiring individuals to get the vaccine.

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Re:FDA Approves First Covid-19 Vaccine by zacharytelschow on Tuesday August 24, 2021 @02:59PM (#28293319)

> I cannot find any federal law of any kind (let alone stemming from the oval office) requiring individuals to get the vaccine.

Does it need to be a law to be compulsory? How many Americans, including employees of numerous branches of the federal government that have said mandates, have the luxury of walking away from their jobs? Things like...

https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-07-29/...

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