The Pfizer vaccine is now fully approved by the CDC. That should put to bed the argument some vaccine-hesitant people continue to use stating that the vaccine is experimental – but it won’t. I got to thinking about this vaccine hesitancy and why there are now lawsuits against some businesses that have mandated all of their employees get vaccinated. I really don’t understand this. The people claim that it infringes upon their rights. Don’t the businesses have any rights? After all, in the court case Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission the Supreme Court essentially ruled that businesses have the right to spend unlimited amounts of money to support political candidates through ‘SuperPacs’ as an expression of the First Amendment rights.
So, if businesses have First Amendment rights just like an individual, don’t they also have the right to run their business any way they like? Many of the same people who are arguing against the vaccine and mask requirements imposed by businesses are the same people who, in the name of ‘religious liberty’ want businesses to be able to refuse to serve members of the LGBT community. Once again, the hypocrisy is strikingly blatant and another example of how when these people talk about ‘rights’ and ‘freedom’ they only mean it in the context of what they personally believe.
If anyone has ever had a dog and wanted to board that animal, most boarding facilities will demand that those pets be vaccinated before they will accept them. The same is true when animals are transported on aircraft. If a boarding kennel can require any pet under its care in its facility be fully vaccinated, why is it any different for businesses to require employees in its facility to be fully vaccinated. Do we treat our pets better than we treat each other? Likewise, it is fairly standard practice to vaccinate livestock against certain diseases. Do we treat our livestock better than we treat each other? I guess the answer is ‘yes’.
It just boggles my mind that people are willing to play Russian roulette with their lives and the lives of their children because of politics. There is virtually no scientifically backed reason why children in schools should not wear masks to help stop the spread of this insidious disease. I can only surmise that politics and ‘making a statement’ are more important than a child’s health. Seems pretty sad to me.
People vaccinate their pets to protect them from diseases. People vaccinate their livestock to protect them from diseases. But somehow people are refusing to vaccinate themselves or wear masks to protect themselves, their families and their communities against this insidious COVID virus. And humans are supposed to be the more intelligent species?? Really??