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And host of the mehdi hasan show. big welcome to you. we see this anti-vax seen mandate protests there in washington, d.c. this entire mandate to challenge vaccine safety and fight mandates, it was once considered fringe, but its not going away. in fact, it may be picking up steam. its been going on too long for folks. do you think its more than that? >> i think its a bit of that. i think the kind of people youre seeing in d.c., screaming at school boards and in public places, this is a culture ...

Lot of people in this country, most people in this country have received a vaccine in some capacity. they have a very small and almost constantly dwindling group of people to convince of their message. theyre saying, maybe you got a vaccine, but we shouldnt need mandates or to prove it to people to get on a plane or to go to work or whatever. largely, theyre winning that message. its bringing people into this other misinformation by doing that. if you bring them in through the mandates, suddenly...

On washington, martin luther kings march on washington, saying theyre standing on the shoulders of riots. comparing them to the same people from 1963. thats the moral high ground he thinks theyre standing on, while spreading misinformation. >> lets get further into the article. saying the event adds momentum to activists spreading false and misleading claims about the vaccine, with mandates as an entry point. are you saying that the anti-vax movement lures people in under the guise of being agai...

Court struck down the biden administrations attempt to require millions of american workers to get the shot, state governments and private companies will be tasked with making their own vaccine rules. nbcs scott kohn is joining us from their own vaccine rules. scott, welcome. what are you hearing about the future of mandates in california? >> reporter: its confusing to say the least. theyve included boosters for city workers and city owned fa facilities. if you look at the situation nationwide, ...

Ten states actually ban them. so there will be a patchwork of mandates. >> i think mandates are the way that we managed to get 99% of the population vaccinated against measles. if its up to individual choice, we may as well have 33 million states within california. states are going to have to standardize things, and laws that mandate things will have to be state laws. >> reporter: to make matters potentially even more confusing, theres legislation to lower the age of consent for vaccines to 12 y...