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0 sats \ 9 replies \ @Undisciplined OP 21 Nov 2023 \ on: Meta Econ Takeover Day 35 meta
Also, Vax mandates are making a comeback in the US. Here's a first look at some of the indirect consequences that can be expected:
Driving Up Fatalities: Why Flight Vaccine Mandates Would (Likely) Backfire
By Jimmy Alfonso Licon
"As President Biden mulls mandating commercial passengers to have Covid vaccinations, perhaps he should remember that his move would increase the death rate from traffic accidents as more people eschew flying and take to the open road."
I have not seen any news about revived mandates. Do you have a source for it?
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That was unintentionally click-baity. I've been seeing discussions of bringing back vax mandates (and not specifically for covid), popping up here and there. I think there's going to be a renewed push for them in particular venues, like flights and schools.
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That's a relief! I am in the process of planning a vacation and had paranoid visions of getting locked into my own version of Hotel California for the rest of my life. I began planning a driving route to ES!
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I should have had a trigger warning on that for those of you actually lived through vax mandates.
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I wasn't allowed to eat in a NYC restaurant for a year and a half.
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And now they've probably all closed or moved. Have you ever been to O'Haras, btw?
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No. Never have. From the name, it sounds like a classic NYC Irish bar.
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It's down by the Trade Center Plaza. The owners are thinking about fleeing NY because of the crime situation.