Alternatively, inform yourself and take a conscious and thoughtful decision using the information at your disposal. Don’t let others (especially the government) push you around to take or not take the vaccine.
They are vaccines in the sense they stimulate the immune system to fight the virus, but are weaker than traditional vaccines. It is pretty clear by now that VE against infection rapidly fades over time (6-12 months), say goodbye to herd immunity. There are encouraging epi and B cell studies that indicate VE against severe infection holds, but it's still relatively early in the pandemic. We lack long term data plus virus mutations are a risk factor. Hope for the best, but be cautious of premature victory proclamations.
“Please” and “mandate” are contradictions. Which is it?
I would recommend that people get themselves vaccinated, yes. Any politician who advocates for a mandate should be voted out of office and blacklisted from ever being elected again.
There is also the issue of negotiating a contract and then trying to unilaterally override it.
Remember the executive order was for OSHA to study this and then come up with a ruling, and that hasn't even happened yet, let alone the inevitable court challenges once OSHA comes up with a new policy.
So action now means that the employer is just acting unilaterally, without any actual OSHA requirements, trying to amend a union contract - instead of waiting for the OSHA ruling to come out. That's not a particularly strong position to be in. If you are in a rush, then reach out to the union and ask them what it would take to agree to a modification of the contract. Unions will bargain with you if you bother bargaining with them instead of trying to impose mandates.
Now unions only cover a small share of employment, but they tend to be bigger in the healthcare sector, and in the current environment workers have a lot of options.
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Also, I think vaccine mandates count as "telling people to get vaccinated".
Medical consent is your right. And you have the right to say no to any medical procedure for any reason.
Vaccines don't prevent infection or transmission, and their effective protection against serious illness decreases monthly.
I would recommend that people get themselves vaccinated, yes. Any politician who advocates for a mandate should be voted out of office and blacklisted from ever being elected again.
Less to do with staffing levels and more to do with voting blocks I’d presume.
Remember the executive order was for OSHA to study this and then come up with a ruling, and that hasn't even happened yet, let alone the inevitable court challenges once OSHA comes up with a new policy.
So action now means that the employer is just acting unilaterally, without any actual OSHA requirements, trying to amend a union contract - instead of waiting for the OSHA ruling to come out. That's not a particularly strong position to be in. If you are in a rush, then reach out to the union and ask them what it would take to agree to a modification of the contract. Unions will bargain with you if you bother bargaining with them instead of trying to impose mandates.
Now unions only cover a small share of employment, but they tend to be bigger in the healthcare sector, and in the current environment workers have a lot of options.
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