Again, who has been forced? Everyone has freedom of choice. Do the choices we make have consequences? Certainly. That's life baby.

If a cop, a nurse, teacher, a soldier, or a sailor really doesn't want to be vaccinated, they don't have to be. The vast majority, by the way, when it came right down to the wire, decided to get the jab rather than quit their jobs. And, no surprise, they all appear not to have been harmed; they're still be able to carry out their duties. If one absolutely refuses the jab, then one should find another line of work. After all, they are there to serve the public, not infect them. And who gets to dictate the terms of their employment anyway? Who is the cop or soldier to argue with public health officials?

@Flyingsaucesir
Many have been forced to choose between their career or a vaccine. That’s pretty tyrannical.

Why aren’t welfare and social security recipients required to get the vaccine to keep their money coming in????

@CourtJester
I hate to be repetitive, but here it is again, since you apparently missed it the first time around: "...they [cops, soldiers, etc.] are there to serve the public, not infect them."

Every job has certain requirements that must be fulfilled. So get with the program, or get out!

It's not like this is anything new or extraordinary. George Washington mandated that everyone under his command during the Revolutionary War be inoculated. And inoculation was still a very new technology at that time.

Finally, the objections to the COVID-19 vaccines are based on the most childish, hysterical, and credulous belief in ridiculous conspiracy theories. Really, no one stupid enough to fall for these lies should be in any position of responsibility.

@Flyingsaucesir

But law makers, doctors, and hospitals are paid by pharmaceutical companies to push the requirements.

The vaccine does not stop anyone from getting Covid and a cop will spread Covid even if he is vaccinated.
So what’s the point for the tyrannical requirements????
Again…. Put down your crack pipe.

@CourtJester
The viral load in a person who has been vaccinated (that is, in a breakthrough infection) is way below what we find in someone who has not been vaccinated. An infected vaccinated person IS less contagious. That in itself is a good reason for vaccine mandate. However, it is not the only reason. For instance, unvaccinated people are FAR more likely to need hospitalization, including intensive care. When the hospitals are full up with COVID patients, people who need cancer treatments, heart bypasses surgeries, trauma care from accidents, kidney dialysis, etc., cannot get the care they need. Now don't get me wrong: I am a big supporter of the right to die. If you want to die from this virus, or any other, that's alright by me. Just don't get in the way of people who want to live.

@CourtJester
P.S. There you go again with the wacko conspiracy theories. Do you realize how crushingly boring you are?

@Flyingsaucesir You drank the cool aid I see

@Flyingsaucesir

@CourtJester
A lie will circle the globe while the truth is still lacing up its boots.

@Flyingsaucesir
I work in medicine. When hospitals get money for Covid deaths, it’s amazing how fast a lie is written on paper and plugged into a computer.

@CourtJester
If you know that a crime (such as insurance fraud) has been committed, you are obliged to report it.