From my personal perspective, vaccinate or not is a no-brainer: VACCINATE AS FAST AS POSSIBLE!

However, should government be allowed to, or even try to, interfere in such a personal health decision? So far, Biden and Company have not; however, the federal government has issued guidelines: “Per recent federal employment law guidance, private employers can generally require employees to get vaccinated for COVID-19 as long as they comply with federal employment laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of religion and disability.” This is taken from

https://www.huschblackwell.com/newsandinsights/50-state-update-on-pending-legislation-pertaining-to-employer-mandated-vaccinations

‘An employee with a religious objection or a disability may need to be excused from the mandate or otherwise accommodated,’ noted John Lomax, an attorney with Snell & Wilmer in Phoenix. “Additionally, if an objecting employee is a union-represented employee, the employer may need to bargain and reach an agreement with the union before mandating vaccines.” This quote is taken from

https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/legal-and-compliance/employment-law/pages/if-workers-refuse-a-covid-19-vaccination.aspx

In addition, many colleges have already made vaccination mandatory for enrollment. In California, the list of colleges requiring vaccination includes the UC system.

However, Medical exemptions are guaranteed by law in all states, and religious exemptions, which are relatively easy to receive, are permitted by most. To reinforce the mandate, colleges could push unvaccinated students to enroll online instead. This is taken from

https://www.bestcolleges.com/blog/list-of-colleges-that-require-covid-19-vaccine/

In some ways vaccination should be treated like abortion; both are violations of a person’s body. It could be argued that vaccination affects a larger segment of the population while an abortion is restricted to one person. However, by forcing a woman to have a child does affect a significant chunk of the population. Therefore, if abortions are guaranteed by Roe v Wade, vaccinations could also be required. The law is extremely murky here, and I am not a lawyer. So I’ll stop pursuing this particular argument any further.

What do you guys think? Keep in mind that there are many intelligent, rational human beings on both sides of this issue.