The flu is a bad example – it has never caused mass hospitalization and death. It causes between 12 and 50 thousand deaths per year (according to the CDC website), and infects about 9 million per year. Covid has caused 332,000 deaths. While omicron may be less dangerous, it will still probably increase the overall death toll by sheer number of cases. If vaccines prevent deaths and hospitalizations, then from a public policy perspective, we can understand the rationale for a mandate, especially with the vaccines now being a year old with billions of people worldwide getting it and not getting sick/dying from it.
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