Texas Governor Greg Abbott bans enforcement of vaccine mandates.

 

A man in Texas receives the Morderna vaccine. NBC News/Getty.

Texas Governor Greg Abbot has banned enforcement of vaccine mandates on employees or customers. NBC News. Abbot said "The COVID-19 vaccine is safe, effective, and our best defense against the virus, but should remain voluntary and never forced,". The order was prompted by Joe Biden's executive order requiring vaccine mandates for employers with more than 100 people. Governor Abbott has resisted mandates against the Coronavirus and has not supported mask mandates to the point he banned government agencies and schools from having mandates. Abbott has requested the legislature to pass their own bill to ban vaccine mandates. Texas joins Montana and Florida in banning vaccine mandates. 

My Comment:

I continue to be impressed with Governor Greg Abbott. He seems to have the interests of the people in Texas in his heart. And it is good to see a Republican who is actually trying to fight. That has been a huge problem for years with the GOP and especially now under Biden. 

Vaccine mandates are a joke and should not be enforced. And I say that as someone who has been vaccinated himself. People should take it if they want to and not be attacked if they choose not to. And it's now pretty clear that the vaccine is not right for a lot of people. Young men face little threat from the Coronavirus but do have to worry about heart problems from the vaccines, with several European countries pulling the Moderna vaccine. I do think the vaccine is the right choice for many, maybe even most, people, but it makes zero sense for anyone to be forced to take it. 

Will some people die if they don't take the vaccine? Sure. Some people die from taking it as well. It is a risk benefit analysis that should be between a person and their doctor, not some government stuffed suit in Washington DC who can't even form complete sentences anymore. The government has no right to force people to take a treatment they do not want. 

But it's very clear that our rights are under assault here. The Biden administration has proposed making millions of people unemployable simply for not wanting to take an experimental treatment for a disease that the vast majority of people survive. I don't think that would be appropriate if the Coronavirus was airborne Ebola. People have the right to work and it's not anyone's business if someone is vaccinated or not.  

I have noticed that no actual mandate has been released. The Biden administration has put out an executive order but OSHA has made no enforcement plans and doesn't even have an actual order to work with. This is almost certainly on purpose. OSHA has tried things like this before and have been struck down almost every time. My guess is that in a few months, after the virus retreats, Biden will announce that the mandate is no longer necessary and will pull back, avoiding any embarrassing lawsuits where Biden would be creamed in court. 

That was the plan all along. Biden (or more accurately his handlers) never planned on enforcing the mandate, he just wants private companies to do it for him. He knew he would get pushback from the states but has avoided lawsuits so far. And the heat from these decisions are falling on the companies and blue state governors that are dumb enough to try and enforce them. Just look at what is happening at Southwest right now...