particularly some republican governors have been so cavalier with the health of these kids, so cavalier with the health of their communities. this is this is we re playing for real here. this isn t a game. now this whole idea that a mandate for a vaccine and testing in the middle of a pandemic is somehow anti american and anti freedom just is a concoction. freedom to get sick? freedom to die? the fact is, the fact is vaccines are already required. kids in schools and child care are widely required to get vaccinated for things like tetanus, also, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, chickenpox. vaccinated requirements in schools were nothing new. they work.
how dare you mandate it? it s mandated already. [ laughter ] kay ivy. interestingly, though, that governor ivy was pretty clear over the summer when she blamed people who refuse to get vaccinated. it s time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks, not the regular folks, the unvaccinated folks are letting us down. here is the thing. if you were saying on the one hand people need to get vaccinated but on the other hand, rarely against mandates for them to do so, does that mean you re final with the virus running its course and overwhelming your hospitals? you re fine with more americans dying of an entirely preventable disease? you re fine with kids too young to be vaccinated catching that entirely preventable disease from people who just refuse to roll up their sleeves? freedom. liberty.
they re overwhelmingly supported by educators and their unions. vaccination mandates are really nothing new. they go all the way back to the revolutionary war when george washington mandated smallpox inoculations for soldiers. george washington revolutionary war. mandated smallpox shots for soldiers. freedom. liberty. look up the definitions. let me tell you something you might not get from watching the news, listening to the amplification of the loudest, most ignorant voices. ready? the majority view in this country is that people should get vaccinated, that s the majority view. that s the same view. the people with sense. common sense. look at your screen. that s the latest gallop pole,
to travel by plane or eat in restaurants. leave that up. the majority of people in this country said there should be vaccine requirements if you want to work in an office or travel by plane or eat in restaurants. freedom. liberty. most people agree that vaccines are necessary to end the pandemic but a vocal minority sis holding everybody else back and too many republicans are trying to use that to play to the base. they think vaccines are fine. it s mandates they don t like. alabama governor kay ivy encouraging the people of her state to get vaccinated but saying we re never going to mandate it and vowing not to let the president, her words, tell alabama what to do. think about that logic. that s like saying well, i encourage the use of seat belts and driving with insurance but
do. i don t say anything i don t mean. whatever. i love you. i ll see you. i ll see you. this is don lemon tonight. it s ironic, we were just talking about this. what is going on but this is ironic anti-vaxxers and a anti-maskers today are using freedom as a political rally cry claiming it s anti american and anti freedom to require someone to get a free, safe vaccine that will save their lives and those of their countrymen and women. well, maybe they just mean their own freedom, right? just their own freedom. that s called selfishness. freedom to spread a deadly disease, freedom to land in over taxed hospitals, freedom to take a hospital bed from a cancer patient or an accident victim? they don t seem to care about freedom for the rest of us, freedom from the pandemic that is overshadowed everything that