No, The Government Cannot Mandate Injections
And the flawed Jacobson v. Massachusetts argument
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A couple of things to understand: Biden knows that there is no way this will withstand legal scrutiny. It will fail in the courts. He knows and doesn’t care. It’s a hail Mary from the admin that desperately needs a course correction after Afghanistan — and right on the same day that the lockdown unemployment benefits expired.
After spending months attacking Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for disallowing companies to force their employees to get injected the same exact leftists are now celebrating Joe Biden for forcing those companies to make their employees get injected. This is about neither science or consistency. Biden threatened Republican governors in what is the most statist speech I’ve ever heard from a sitting president:
She lied:
He lied:
They all lied:
Now:
We went from “15 days to slow the spread” to $14k fines and loss of your job if you refuse a government injection.
Do not take seriously anyone in the medical or scientific community that does not include natural immunity when discussing vaccines. Consistency is a hallmark of science and it’s absent from this discussion. If saving lives is the motivation for forcing people to get injections, why is there no mandate for flu shots considering the infection fatality ratio is higher than that of COVID.
Note that USPS workers are exempt:
Jacob Bogage @jacobbogage
Hard to imagine now that USPS will be left out of vax mandates. If the federal workforce will have one + new sweeping mandates for mid-size to large businesses, how could USPS be exempt. I still have not received a response from the White House. https://t.co/DUffKjUgO9Biden doesn’t believe in the protections he says the virus vaccine gives to people:
And he threatens the hesitant, saying that his “patience is wearing thin.”
The parting shot:
A hallmark of the admin:
Something else: A lot of people, like nutty Debra Messing, are pretending that they’ve heard of Jacobson vs. Massachusetts before today and their argument that this SCOTUS precedent allows for government-mandated vaccines is entirely flawed. I’ll deep dive on this case today on air but know this:
1) To deny from conscientious objectors their Constitutional rights and treat them as criminals because they are hesitant over a new vaccine with unclear efficacy and no long term studies is an affront to our republic.
2) Jacobson is anachronistic, a ridiculous ruling used most recently to limit church gatherings in California and New York and in 1927 used as justification by Holmes to sterilize women adjudicated mentally unfit against their will, stating “The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the fallopian tubes. Three generations of imbeciles are enough.”
3) Jacbson placed a nominal fine of $5 ($150 today) and allowed for an opt out.
4) Jacobson did not push the mandate or penalty as a condition of employment.
5) Jacobson was about a state’s right, not federal law. Furthermore, it was based on a law, not an executive order.
The law at issue in Jacobson did not impose a vaccine mandate. Rather, people who refused to receive the smallpox vaccine had to pay a $5 fine. (About $150 in present-day value). And the failure to pay the fine would result in a jail sentence. But the state lacked the power to jab a syringe in the offender's arm. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court observed, "[i]f a person should deem it important that vaccination should not be performed in his case, and the authorities should think otherwise, it is not in their power to vaccinate him by force, and the worst that could happen to him under the statute would be the payment of the penalty of $5."
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Dana,
25 year ER Nurse here. Heard Steve had the Rona and heard some confusion about when he can come back. Here’s the skinny:
Quarantine for 10 days, starting with the first day he experienced symptoms. He may return to work after the 10 days is up, as long as the symptoms are subsiding and he has been fever free for 24 hours (without medications like ibuprofen or Tylenol).
Retesting? Nah… that’s useless. Patients can test positive for the Rona for months after being infected. Once the symptoms subside is the gold standard.
Treatment: Motrin, Tylenol, plenty of fluids and rest are the best treatment for most people. Some, who are more seriously effected may need to see their physician or (I hate to say it) go to the ER.
The big thing to remember is, this is a virus. It will need to run it’s course. There is no “magic bullet” that will instantly fix it. There ARE some treatments that can, sometimes, speed the patient’s recovery or mitigate some of the worst damage.
The fact that Steve was vaccinated is good, because that means his immune system is already primed to fight the bug. This should help in a speedier recovery. It will still suck though.
I know, because I caught Rona last September, and it sucked badly for about 4
days. but then it improved and I got well. I went ahead and got the shots this spring because of my age, and where I work. It was my decision. I cannot tell you how irritated I get at those who would co-opt that very personal decision by demanding mandatory vaccinations. You are absolutely right to ask questions until you are satisfied. That’s what “informed consent” is all about.
Sorry for writing a book here LOL.
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