posted by gut
It will be interesting, and I'm not an expert on the vaccine history. Roe v. Wade could be a problematic precedent, but they might have an out since there's a public health risk not limited strictly to the individual.
Otherwise, like you said, business, schools and probably nursing homes will require it. Not to make this political, but Trump would probably not mandate it and half the country will flip out. Biden probably would mandate it, and half the country will flip out.
Yeah, in my study of American history vaccine mandates are not new. For polio, people would travel around the country and issue the vaccine to everyone in every town. It was the reason why we were able to eradicate polio by the 1960s.
Good PBS Doc on it: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/polio/
In this case, the Government may issues guidance and make it mandatory for schools like it is now for most states. Colleges may also mandate it for kids to come back to dorms. Businesses may pick up the mandate as it is easier for them to control risk and allow people to come back to large settings.