All Federal employees to be vaccinated or regularly tested … or else … or else, what?
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That’s what being widely reported that Biden will prompter-read to us today,
But, I’ll believe it when I see it.
There’s already pre-announcement waffling that “the plan” is still under review.
English translation: the federal employee unions haven’t all weighed in yet … and the White House PR dept. hasn’t figured out how to erase all the videos of Biden saying that he’d never do it.
But, for the sake of argument, let’s assume that Biden implements the mandate.
Here’s why I’m on board …
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First, it’s consistent with the position that Biden is reading off the teleprompter these days.
It sends a clear message that he believes (and remembers) what he’s reading.
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Second, such a move is under Biden’s direct control.
Rather than forcing private businesses and organizations to do his dirty work while he ducks for cover, Biden will own this one.
Gotta be for clear ownership and accountability, right?
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Third, I like the “target market”: government employees.
If Biden wants to move the needle towards near total vaccinations, getting all Federal employees jabbed is a statistically significant step forward.
Note: It’s estimated that there are over 2 million civilian employees on the Federal payroll … and, that only a slim majority of them have been vaccinated.
And, the bulk of Federal employees are blue-blood members of Biden’s core constituencies.
So, the mandate would demonstrate Biden’s commitment to the cause.
Bravo.
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Fourth, the mandate might “cull the herd” a bit.
That is, if the “or else” part of the mandate has teeth.
Terminating the vaccine-resisters might be an easy way to trim the bloated bureaucracy.
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Going big…
Here are a couple of embellishing ideas that would make me even more supportive of the mandate:
> Start with NIH and CDC employees.
In Congressional testimony, leaders of these organizations said that only about half of their employees have been vaccinated.
That’s always bothered me … what do they know that they’re not telling us?
Make it “put up or shut up time” for the assertive scientific community.
If they believe what they’re saying, let’s see them all roll up their sleeves.
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> Add Federal government employees’ dependents (over 12 years old) to the target market.
Tax payers are paying for their healthcare, right?
And, the CDC says that they can transmit the virus to vaccinated people.
So, let’s minimize the the healthcare costs of them getting infected and transmitting Covid to their government employed family member(s).
Makes complete sense, doesn’t it?
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> Require all employees of all Federal government contractor to get vaccinated.
They come in contact with government employees — some of whom will be signing up for tests instead of shots.
So, to create a virus-minimized environment, they need to be vaccinated, right?
And, there’s a forcing mechanism: If they want to keep feeding at the taxpayer trough, they have to roll up their sleeves.
Should be an easy sell given how quickly many of these companies were “fast out of the gate” to implement woke behavioral training programs for their employees.
They’ve shown that they can do it if they want to.
Just tack vaccinations onto those programs.
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> Extend the mandate to all public school teachers.
The teachers’ unions are already firing warning shots that they aren’t sure about in-person schooling in the fall.
Let’s cut teachers’ health risks by getting them all vaccinated.
There’s obvious mandate legitimacy since their schools are getting beaucoup de l’argent (translation: lots of money) from the Federal coffers.
Worse case, teachers formally quit (instead of de facto quitting in place)… and get replaced by teachers who want to teach
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Geez, the more I think about a vaccination mandate for civilian government employees, the more that I like the idea.
I can’t wait to see what Biden’s handlers load on the teleprompter for him today.
But, for the record, I’m betting the under … more “please do” than “must do”.
We’ll see…
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