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Ron light, green light
You may have already seen the triumphant tweet from Karol Markowicz, who’s shilling her article in the New York Post as well as Governor Ron DeSantis’ news release about Florida now having the lowest COVID-19 case rate.
She vaingloriously announces that it was achieved in this fashion:
“without vaccine mandates, without mask mandates in school & with no restrictions on businesses. Life simply went on.”
What Markowicz failed to mention is life did not go on for 60,000 Floridians. Author Chuck Wendig nailed it on the head with this response:
“This orphanage, which already burned down, has the lowest case presently of burning orphans in the country. They did it without any anti-fire measures and no restrictions on flammable orphans. Life simply went on. After the fire already engulfed the orphanage and burned out.”
I’m a “green card” holder — the formal term is “resident alien” — and was required, or as we now say, mandated to get some vaccines, despite coming from a first-world country with better life expectancies that the U.S..
Here’s the current version of that mandate for immigrants and resident aliens, from Chapter 9 of the USCIS Policy Manual:
A. Vaccination Requirements for Immigrants
Some vaccines are expressly required by statute. Others are required because the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have determined they are in the interest of public health.[1]
The Immigration and Nationality Act (INA)[2] specifies the following vaccinations:
- Mumps, measles, rubella;
- Polio;
- Tetanus and diphtheria toxoids;[3]
- Pertussis;
- Haemophilius influenza type B; and
- Hepatitis B.
CDC requires the following additional vaccines for immigration purposes:
- Varicella;
- Influenza;
- Pneumococcal pneumonia;
- Rotavirus;
- Hepatitis A;
- Meningococcal; and
- COVID-19.
If the applicant has not received any of the listed vaccinations and the vaccinations are age appropriate and medically appropriate, the applicant has a Class A condition and is inadmissible. Generally, all age appropriate vaccine rows of the vaccination assessment must have at least one entry before the assessment can be considered to have been properly completed. However, the COVID-19 vaccination (required as of October 1, 2021) differs in that the applicant must complete the entire vaccine series (one or two doses depending on formulation).[4]
You’re not going to hear the anti-vax crowd complain about the mandate for immigrants and resident aliens, and you‘ve probably also figured out the reason why.
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Pumpkin spice brake pads!
It’s the time of year when Ice Cold Air (in Seminole Heights, at the corner of Sligh and Central) puts out this seasonal promo.