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Chris J. Karr's avatar

While I'm a solid supporter of the OSHA vaccine mandate, I've been wondering recently whether there's a less intrusive way that might allow the market to help. What I've been noodling around is the idea that there's some simple certification or other public marker that a company can hang on their shingle that lets customers know whether they're doing business with a fully vaxxed company or not. Similar to the signs I see on buildings that state their LEED environmental rating, but for vaccinated employees.

I don't know to what extent this would be effective in diffusing the stupidest culture war ever, but it might allow us to take things down a few notches, empower customers to incorporate a company's vaccine stance into their purchasing decisions (not unlike requiring flower and cake shops to publicly disclose up-front that they don't serve particular classes of customers before denying a customer service), and give business owners an "out" if they're uncomfortable forcing their employees to be vaccinated.

Thoughts? Dumb idea or not?

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Curtis Stinespring's avatar

I appreciate the details. I'm vaccinated but I wonder how long it will be before I have to prove it in order to get my Social Security or pension benefits.

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