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Are vaccination mandates government overreach?

Classifying policy issues according to the strength of the argument for intervention may clarify matters.

Published Fri, Jan 28, 2022 · 09:50 PM

    Cambridge

    EARLIER this month, the US Supreme Court blocked President Joe Biden's attempt to mandate that businesses with more than 100 employees require them to be vaccinated against Covid-19 or else wear face masks and be tested regularly. Was the Biden administration guilty of overreaching?

    In some countries, including Austria, Ecuador, and Indonesia, governments have imposed Covid-19 vaccine mandates on the entire population, or at least on all workers. Germany is currently mulling whether to follow suit. And many countries, including Italy, have imposed a vaccination requirement on subsets of the population, such as health workers or those over 50.

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