Looks like this mask and vaccine ordeal is turning into a big mess. Going off of the CDC's recommendations that have no force of law, many states and cities have decided to require that people must be vaccinated and show proof of it or get tested once or twice a week (probably at their own expense) and wear masks in order to get or keep a job, go to the gym, store, movies, etc.. They just screwed the pooch. The common person is thinking, "If the vaccine works, why do I have to wear a mask, and if I have to wear a mask anyway, what is the point of risking my health on an experimental vaccine that doesn't even have FDA approval." People are going to revolt over this. The unions have already started. Rioting has started in France over this and they don't have all the laws we have making this entirely illegal.
Let's discuss the legality of making someone take a vaccine against their will. The vaccine isn't FDA approved. It's experimental. It requires a signed informed consent agreement before they can give you the vaccine. For a private business, this may or may not be illegal as they may be able to list being vaccinated as a job requirement for getting the job. However, if it isn't in the contract, they may be liable for unlawful termination of current employees. If current employees are fired because this is a government mandate, liability also goes to the government entity that enacted the mandate as they would have violated contract law under Article 1 Section 10 of the U.S. Constitution: "No state shall...pass any... law impairing the obligation of contracts". If they charge for testing and it's a choice between paying each week for a test or getting an experimental vaccine that requires informed consent, they could be charged with extortion, at least in California. California Penal Code Section 522 says, "Every person who, by any extortionate means, obtains from another his signature to any paper or instrument, whereby, if such signature were freely given, any...demand, charge, or right of action created, is punishable in the same manner as if the actual delivery of such debt, demand, charge, or right of action were obtained." Then we have HIPPA, which you would think would protect your privacy from being forced to give personal medical information away. There is an exemption for protecting the public health so that is debatable. The 4th Amendment protects your right to be secure in your papers and effects against unreasonable searches and seizures without a warrant or probable cause so going to a system where you have to show your papers is illegal, discriminatory, and downright wrong. In short, get ready for a lawsuit bonanza, public officials fired or jailed over this, and most importantly, a work strike and the fallout from more people not working or producing goods.
All that said, I am fully vaccinated, but I am against anyone who would force someone to put something into their body against their will by threatening them with their careers and livelihoods. That is sick and wrong and deserves the full retaliation from all whom it affects. As far as masks go, I have a neurological disorder that the doctors have spent over 5 years trying to diagnose and has started causing breathing problems. If someone tries to force me to wear a mask, I will sue them into the poorhouse for violating the ADA.
