It simply boils to if you think the ends justify the means. Does having the power to compel someone mean that you should compel them. I get that people have different opinions on what is the appropriate use of power and influence over others. I tend to favor leaders who try to inform, enable, and change people's minds rather than use punishments to make people do something they otherwise wouldn't.
That is to say, I like being offered the carrot opposed to the stick.
The reality, as we have now seen, is that vaccine mandates of an experimental approval drug are unlawful at the federal level.
Thus attempts to have companies do it in a patchwork fashion were an attempt to end-run the issue (yes my employer does a huge amount of government related business).
Except thats being attacked too. Sometimes private "market forces" are easier than government.
> vaccine mandates of an experimental approval drug
Not experiemental.
> unlawful at the federal level.
Unlawful for a federal employer to require, not unlawful.
You've been demanding vaccination etc for those diseases as well, right?
I would not choose to work with selfish colleagues, who don't know or care about their medical decisions causing harm to others (or the burden they potentially place on the medical system; the data is clear vaccinations reduce the severity of a COVID infection from ICU worth to something more benign). It's company culture (with regards to company leadership mandating vaccination).
Citigroup employs over 200k workers, and lost less than 2k who refused vaccination [1]. The only employers this would impact would be smaller employers who predominately employ those against vaccination.
TLDR Why would I not want to work for a CEO who cares about public health, as well as the welfare of others and myself by mandating a proven safe vaccine? This is what leadership looks like.
[1] https://nypost.com/2022/01/14/citigroup-hits-99-percent-comp...