[Avodah] Halakha Approaches the COVID-19 Vaccine

[mcohen at touchlogic.com]

The article and its approach are incredibly upsetting. With a clear agenda
to justify mandated covid vaccination.

The authors attempt to bring proof from previous poskim on the smallpox
vaccine.

I waited in vain for the authors to point out that clearly covid and
smallpox are NOT comparable, because of their vastly different morbidity
rates.

The smallpox vaccine was mandated because of the small risk to vaccination,
vs the large risk to not vaccinating.

Covid is a risk for some (especially with preexisting issues), but not in
general for the average person.
(it is true that a tiny minority of younger/healthy people have strong (and
even fatal) reactions, but the number of these people is v small)

Do the authors propose mandated flu vaccination?! 
I assume not, because they understand there is a difference between flu and
smallpox. 
And so to wrt covid for the average person.

(covid vaccination may be advised for the elderly and those more at risk)

It is against halacha to demand/propose a mandated administration of a
vaccination with unproven long term effects (and with government bias to
claim safety) for a population that does not need it.