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Overall, in conversations with five bioethicists, doctors, and public-health experts, Insider found an array of opinions on mandates. The most ardent backers say they should be rolled out now. Other supporters say they make sense in the next few months. Other experts warned the mandates are a heavy-handed approach that will be harmful at this stage in the rollout. There should be more in education and outreach to hesitant groups before requiring the shot, they say.
Art Caplan, a bioethicist at New York University, said he hopes more groups will follow the mandate track. Why are we still battling vaccine hesitancy with one hand behind our back? Caplan told Insider. Let s start to move a mandate through populations that are posing risks to others.
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They used their car to stay warm when a winter storm brought down the Texas power grid. In a state that doesn t require carbon monoxide alarms in homes, they had no warning they were poisoning themselves.
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When Shalemu Bekele awoke on the morning of Feb. 15, the townhouse he shared with his wife and two children was so cold, his fingers felt numb.
After bundling up in extra layers, Bekele looked out a frosted window: A winter storm had swept across Texas, knocking out power to millions of homes, including his own, and blanketing Houston in a thin layer of icy snow.
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