So this is the kind of slippery slope that makes me think we might be better off mandating annual physicals—France is requiring boosters, but only for people over 65.
I really don’t want this level of granularity/micromanagement by the government. Once you start mandating boosters for some people but not for others, depending on the “state of the art” it seems like it’s better to punt that responsibility (keeping up with the latest science) to individuals and their primary care doctors. I certainly don’t want to live in a world where the government has specific requirements depending on sex, or BMI, or whether you’re immunocompromised. However I would be totally OK with the government knowing that I consulted with my physician in the past year, who gave me the all-clear. Nice and binary.
So this is the kind of slippery slope that makes me think we might be better off mandating annual physicals—France is requiring boosters, but only for people over 65.
https://nyti.ms/309jD1b
I really don’t want this level of granularity/micromanagement by the government. Once you start mandating boosters for some people but not for others, depending on the “state of the art” it seems like it’s better to punt that responsibility (keeping up with the latest science) to individuals and their primary care doctors. I certainly don’t want to live in a world where the government has specific requirements depending on sex, or BMI, or whether you’re immunocompromised. However I would be totally OK with the government knowing that I consulted with my physician in the past year, who gave me the all-clear. Nice and binary.