Sometimes Dr. Doom is correct, sometimes he’s not. Sometimes he’s political…OK, most of the time he’s political. And a mask hypocrite. But, he’s probably 80% correct on this
Dr. Anthony Fauci: Expect ‘a flood’ of COVID-19 vaccine mandates after full FDA approval
As soon as the Food and Drug Administration issues a full approval for a COVID-19 vaccine, there will be “a flood” of vaccine mandates at businesses and schools across the nation, Dr. Anthony Fauci told USA TODAY’s editorial board on Friday.
Mandates aren’t going to happen at the federal level, but vaccine approval will embolden many groups, he predicted.
“Organizations, enterprises, universities, colleges that have been reluctant to mandate at the local level will feel much more confident,” he said.
“They can say, ‘If you want to come to this college or this university, you’ve got to get vaccinated. If you want to work in this plant, you have to get vaccinated. If you want to work in this enterprise, you’ve got to get vaccinated. If you want to work in this hospital, you’ve got to get vaccinated.'”
He is surely correct on this. There will be lots of companies and private entities which will look towards vaccine mandates once the EPA approves the vaccines. Whether that will be be straight up “get it or you’re out” or “get it or be subject to week/bi-weekly testing” remains to be seen. I know of several companies, including mine, where the upper levels have discussed or are discussing mandates. They are legally allowed to do so now, but, there could be issues, legally, with the vaccines being in emergency use status. That’s where lots of educational institutions of all levels, local, county, and state mandates, and the potential Department of Defense, mandates get in trouble: emergency use. Even requiring visitors to show vaccination can be tricky due to emergency use status.
Once you get EPA approval, all that ends. Fauci is wrong regarding the federal level, since the DOD is already considering, and the White House requires all visitors to be vaccinated. They’ve also required international travelers to be vaccinated or be tested. The feds, from the White House to Congressional Dems to the CDC and more will surely push hard for schools and private entities to instituted a vaccine mandate of some sort.
Because in the current political environment that won’t happen, Fauci said masks are the next best thing. Schools are crucial for children’s mental health and intellectual, physical and social development, so it’s important they stay open.
“I would rather have a child be a little bit uncomfortable with a mask on and be healthy than a comfortable child without a mask in an ICU,” he said. “It just doesn’t make any sense to me why you would want to not protect the children.”
And how many times have we seen Fauci without a mask in violation of his beliefs? And, heck, Joe Biden’s executive order. Same with Biden, Jen Psaki, and other Biden admin members?
The epidemic in the United States could be ended once and for all if everyone would get vaccinated, Fauci said. Barring that, he worries we’re in it for the long term.
Even if 100% are vaccinated, COVID19 will still be here. And people will still get it, as the Delta variant has broken through. And the vaccines were only around 94-96% effective in stopping infection. You just do not get full on COVID symptoms. They’re working on developing oral pills, which would be great. But, yeah, mandates are coming.
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