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We've been predicting it for awhile. Constitutional lawyer/scholar Jonathan Turley called it about a week ago... Turley: Biden turning private business into a 'type of shadow state' with 'coerced consent' vaccine approach
Four days ago...
Yesterday...
This morning... After months of vaccine incentives, nation changes course: For the unvaccinated, life is about to get harder.
Another from this morning...
How much of this is "bluff," how much is real, and, as suggested in the one piece above, how much of this can actually be done legally vs. how much are they going to try and do, then let the courts "figure it out" is to be determined.
But, it seems we're about to go from "informed" consent to "coerced" consent.
Four days ago...
Yesterday...
The White House did not deny a report that the Biden administration is considering leveraging federal financial muscle to push institutions to require Americans get vaccinated...
...the Washington Post reported Thursday that the administration is considering withholding federal funds and using federal regulatory powers in a bid to push Americans to get vaccinated.
The plan could target institutions such as long-term-care facilities, cruise ships, and universities, hoping to reach many of the 90 million Americans who are eligible for the vaccine but have not yet received it.
One area the plan could focus on is restricting access to federal funds such as Medicare in a bid to persuade nursing homes and long-term-care facilities to require that their employees get vaccinated, the Post reported...
...the Washington Post reported Thursday that the administration is considering withholding federal funds and using federal regulatory powers in a bid to push Americans to get vaccinated.
The plan could target institutions such as long-term-care facilities, cruise ships, and universities, hoping to reach many of the 90 million Americans who are eligible for the vaccine but have not yet received it.
One area the plan could focus on is restricting access to federal funds such as Medicare in a bid to persuade nursing homes and long-term-care facilities to require that their employees get vaccinated, the Post reported...
...A rising chorus of states, cities and private sector titans have implemented new vaccine requirements for their employees and patrons. It marks a new, less negotiable phase in the fight against the coronavirus, after months of cajoling and material goodies leading the vaccination campaign...
Unvaccinated Americans must now weigh their own personal risk-benefit ratio: Take the vaccine or face restrictions.
"The carrots do not work much," Caplan said. "Now, we're seeing more pressure coming from the other side."
That pressure is coming in the form of federal, state and local vaccine requirements...
The Biden administration has made clear there will be no federal mandate; but its recent lean-in to vaccine requirements marks a shift in tone, going from from removing barriers to getting the vaccine to making it harder to move about "normal" life for those who choose not to get it.
"There's a bit of a hassle factor that plays into whether or not people are willing to get an exemption," Julie Morita, executive vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, told ABC. "And if it's too difficult or more challenging, people might opt just to get vaccinated."...
The advent of more local mandates looms on the imminent horizon as soon as the vaccine is fully FDA-approved, which could come as soon as early September, a senior White House official familiar with the FDA approval process told ABC News...
"'My body, my choice' is not an ethic for a plague," Caplan said. "The ethics of plague are, 'my body, vaccinated' -- more choices for everybody."
Unvaccinated Americans must now weigh their own personal risk-benefit ratio: Take the vaccine or face restrictions.
"The carrots do not work much," Caplan said. "Now, we're seeing more pressure coming from the other side."
That pressure is coming in the form of federal, state and local vaccine requirements...
The Biden administration has made clear there will be no federal mandate; but its recent lean-in to vaccine requirements marks a shift in tone, going from from removing barriers to getting the vaccine to making it harder to move about "normal" life for those who choose not to get it.
"There's a bit of a hassle factor that plays into whether or not people are willing to get an exemption," Julie Morita, executive vice president of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, told ABC. "And if it's too difficult or more challenging, people might opt just to get vaccinated."...
The advent of more local mandates looms on the imminent horizon as soon as the vaccine is fully FDA-approved, which could come as soon as early September, a senior White House official familiar with the FDA approval process told ABC News...
"'My body, my choice' is not an ethic for a plague," Caplan said. "The ethics of plague are, 'my body, vaccinated' -- more choices for everybody."
How much of this is "bluff," how much is real, and, as suggested in the one piece above, how much of this can actually be done legally vs. how much are they going to try and do, then let the courts "figure it out" is to be determined.
But, it seems we're about to go from "informed" consent to "coerced" consent.
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