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The SCOTUS has LONG acknowledged the rights of States to mandate vaccinations.
https://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/jacobson-v-massachusetts-reiss
State and local governments in the United States have mandated immunizations as a prerequisite for attending public schools for quite some time. The Supreme Court has heard several challenges to these mandates and has consistently ruled the mandates to be constitutional.
And here:
https://constitutioncenter.org/blog/on-this-day-the-supreme-court-rules-on-vaccines-and-public-health
The application of Jacobson to the modern age of vaccinations is a source of scholarly debate, with some arguing that the case no longer applies in an era in which vaccines like HPV are not medically necessary to prevent the spread of disease. But others maintain Jacobsons importance today in providing ample power to protect the public health, especially with the threat of pandemics.
AndyS
(14,559 posts)It's your turn mother fucker. YOU stay home.
MichMan
(11,917 posts)I haven't heard of any. The Federal government certainly isn't.
If they won't even require their own employees to be vaccinated, I don't see how they will mandate anyone else get it.
FBaggins
(26,732 posts)Mandates will follow pretty quickly after they are.
Though not at the federal level
for the reasons outlined above.
MichMan
(11,917 posts)Same as any other employer can
FBaggins
(26,732 posts)I think parts of the military have already told their commands to prepare for mandatory vaccinations starting in September
FBaggins
(26,732 posts)Including whether Jacobsen should be revised.
Should be a fun year