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Has this kind of vaccine mandate (for everyday life, not for travel) ever been imposed before? I remember the possibility of denying public services (e.g. schooling) to children who weren't vaccinated against measles being discussed but being extremely controversial, and that was for a vaccine that was far more reliable and well-tested.


Which mandate are you talking about?


Requiring restaurants/gyms/etc. to require customers to be vaccinated.


Yep, states have more or less complete authority to mandate things like this.

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/usrep/usrep...


He asked if it had ever been done before.


It is a basic tragedy of the commons problem. Solving this is basically the reason why we have government.




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