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Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Is a Very Bad Idea

Biden’s Vaccine Mandate Is a Very Bad Idea
Demonstrators gather outside the Massachusetts State House to protest COVID-19 vaccination and mask mandates in Boston on Sept. 17, 2021. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images
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Commentary
President Joe Biden recently ordered that all larger businesses force their workers to be vaccinated or else be tested once a week. The new emergency rule, to be promulgated by the Department of Labor, may be well-meaning. But that doesn’t mean it’s wise.
Wesley J. Smith
Wesley J. Smith
Author
Award-winning author Wesley J. Smith is host of the Humanize Podcast (Humanize.today), chairman of the Discovery Institute’s Center on Human Exceptionalism and a consultant to the Patients Rights Council. His latest book is “Culture of Death: The Age of ‘Do Harm’ Medicine.”
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