Vaccine Mandates and the Death of Personal Choice

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Vaccine Mandates and the Death of Personal Choice

  • The arrival of Omicron is causing COVID déjà vu in the US. With cases surging, many political leaders are considering lockdowns right before the holidays.

  • Meanwhile, existing vaccines against COVID seem to have no effect on the spread of this variant — and even the New York Times admits it.

  • Pfizer is already indicating that it will use the occasion to urge a “fourth dose” of the vaccine.

  • In New York City, where 90.6% of adults are vaccinated, officials have announced that the City has broken its COVID case record two days in a row.

  • Despite that, officials in the U.S. and elsewhere are imposing new and stricter vaccine mandates, even as evidence against their effectiveness mounts.

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Pandemic Disruptions Give Reasons for Optimism

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  • No one wants to live through a pandemic.

  • But for those who don’t have a choice, there is a silver lining: pandemics have historically brought about periods of social disruption that have had positive outcomes for the following generations.

  • There are reasons to be optimistic that we will experience some of that today.

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