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https://www.alternet.org/2021/09/vaccine-mandate/?
Monday was the deadline here in Connecticut for state employees to get vaccinated, per order of the governor, Ned Lamont. The state press corps spent last week speculating about the number of workers who'd walk off the job before being forced to get the shot. Attention settled on school bus drivers. Around 500,000 children depend on them. Reporters asked the Lamont administration what it would do if thousands of kids were left stranded. But by Monday, it was clear that the vast majority of drivers complied with the law.
A similar pattern played out across the country. Deadlines were imposed. Blood oaths were taken. Anxieties grew. Americans of seemingly sound mind swore they'd never get vaccinated against their will. Then — obedience. The people who said they'd never do what they were told did what they were told. The people with so many "reasons" for being against vaccines forgot all about those "reasons." The people whose identities were built on "beliefs" decided those "beliefs" weren't as important as the consequences of keeping them.