Letters to the editor: It's time for mandatory COVID vaccinations
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Vials of the Janssen vaccine, during a COVID-19 vaccination campaign in Pamplona, northern Spain.Alvaro Barrientos / Associated Press
Maybe the answer to vaccine resistance or apathy is for private businesses and — once children’s doses are approved — school districts to start requiring vaccinations for users. Schools already have vaccination requirements for incoming students. Just add COVID-19 to the list.
If bars, restaurants and clubs required it, I bet a lot of young adults would suddenly be way more motivated to get their shots. It wouldn’t solve the issue of people who don’t believe the science or who do believe the paranoid conspiracy theories, but it would definitely take care of a lot of people who otherwise might never get around to protecting themselves and their communities.