In 1905, the Supreme Court ruled against a pastor, Henning Jacobson, who had sued the state of Massachusetts for requiring residents to take a vaccine after an outbreak of smallpox. Or perhaps a more conservative-leaning Supreme Court would be open to revisiting prior precedent. Over the past week, I spoke with executives at companies in various industries to see whether they intend to require vaccination of employees or customers. Several said that they have tried to create a culture of trust, and a vaccine mandate would undermine that trust. Some said they would like to mandate the vaccine, but worried that a backlash could spiral into a public-relations nightmare.

Source: New York Times December 12, 2020 13:15 UTC