Employers’ latest quandary: COVID-19 vaccines (can employers force employees to vaxx-up?)

Human Resource Executive ^ | September 16, 2020 | Carol Patton

[Varda]

Thank you, so many have so little understanding of what a constitutional right means.

I would not take the vaccine but any employer is within his rights to not employ me.

[Phillyred]

They have the right to make a potentialy disastrous decision. And if they screw with someone’s health by mandating this, they played their cards and had better be right that this vaccine wasn’t rushed.

[Svartalfiar]

Ya think employers are going to force people to take every known vaccine for every virus? Not going to happen.

I don't think many, if any, employers currently require employees to be vaccinated against anything, including measles, mumps, rubella, TB, polio, influenza, pneumococcus, meningococcus, plague, ebola, etc etc. The only ones who might, are ones sending employees overseas. But why would a coronavirus be any different? The only thing special about this one is the crazy amount of unfounded fear, and all the Democrat leadership (and Abbott...) shutting down their cities and States.

[Svartalfiar]

They’ve been working unsuccessfully for decades on vaccines for herpes, the common cold and a bunch of other diseases. Anyone who thinks that a vaccine for Corona virus will be ready in a few months or even a year, is delusional.

You do realize that about 30% of common colds are caused by coronaviri, right? It'll end up just like the flu shots for influenza:
There'll be a 40% chance that the powers that be correctly guess the strains coming out next year, so the shot will only be so effective. Maybe higher than influenza, since there's fewer human coronaviri strains, but the guess still isn't 100%. Less than 50% of the populace will get them, and you'll probably still get sick at some point despite getting the shot. Of course, all the 'cases' and deaths will be combined into the normal CDC-guesstimated "flu deaths" count, but with a slightly higher multiplier than the flu currently gets.