All sides of the debate about vaccine mandates should be more discerning and less absolutist. The radical anti-mandate side, though — the one that opposes such requirements in any circumstance — is taking a monstrously immoral and deadly position.

Specifically, any public employee in a public safety-related job absolutely ought to be expected to be vaccinated unless a medical condition makes vaccination unwise, or perhaps unless the person is already presumed to have natural immunity due to a documented prior COVID-19 case.