Fox News lies about the history of vaccine mandates, suggesting people will "resist"...

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.mediamatters.org/coronavirus-covid-19/fox-news-lies-about-history-vaccine-mandates-suggesting-people-will-resist-and

Facing the growing threat of the new delta variant of the coronavirus, President Joe Biden’s administration has begun implementing new vaccination rules for federal workers and moving to implement universal vaccination in the military. And outside of government, more and more private companies are requiring employees to get vaccinated as Americans return to regular office work.

But in Fox News’ telling, this kind of national effort is somehow a threat to everything this country is supposed to be about — even as Fox News is doing it, too.

Yes, vaccine mandates are legal — and they’ve already been here a long time

Speaking on Thursday, Biden said it was “still a question” as to whether the federal government could mandate that the whole citizenry get vaccinated. But even if that is not the case, there would still be plenty of other opportunities for vaccine mandates by state and local governments, private companies, and the federal government in its capacity as an employer.

So far this year, courts have upheld vaccine requirements for private hospital employment and to attend state universities. And none of this should have been surprising because public school system already require vaccinations, which has suddenly become controversial amid the anti-vaccine propaganda during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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1. Another source: When the Supreme Court Ruled a Vaccine Could Be Mandatory

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215688741

https://www.history.com/news/smallpox-vaccine-supreme-court

In 1901 a deadly smallpox epidemic tore through the Northeast, prompting the Boston and Cambridge boards of health to order the vaccination of all residents. But some refused to get the shot, claiming the vaccine order violated their personal liberties under the Constitution.

One of those holdouts, a Swedish-born pastor named Henning Jacobson, took his anti-vaccine crusade all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The nation's top justices issued a landmark 1905 ruling that legitimized the government’s authority to “reasonably” infringe upon personal freedoms during a public health crisis by issuing a fine to those who refused vaccination. [more]

Thanks for the great posts on this, Nevilledog.