Yes.
Excerpt:
Texas doesn’t have statewide guidelines for critical care and triage, which means that caregivers are left to their own local organizing. But tough times like the ones brought on by low vaccination rates and the delta variant require a re-examination of priors. This fourth wave of Covid hospitalizations differs from all the others, because almost everyone who is severely ill is also unvaccinated. In Texas, more than 12,800 people are in the hospital because of Covid-19, and between 93 and 98 percent of them are unvaccinated.
It’s tempting to blame this wave not on the virus but on the people who didn’t get their shots. “This has been bubbling up—this anger, this frustration, this fear, this worry. Every day, we’re seeing the ascent of the curve. Now it’s the steepest it’s ever been,” Fine says. “So I and the other leaders of the task force, we decided, you know, these numbers are not looking good. These questions are coming up."
It should be a law and until that happens different parts of society need to start applying pressure. It's the side affect of weak neoliberal policies.
They're going to double down on hurting poc and poor people. They absolutely are not going to pressure people like boaters who refuse to get the shot.
That excuse shows up with every response to antivax behavior, whether it's vaccine passports or workplace requirements. It should be applied to everyone.
"Should", but it won't.
We can say that about any public health policy. That's a related issue, but not enacting vaccine requirements is literally murdering people, especially marginalized people and the working class who have to deal with chuds.