Anthony Fauci, the top official of infectious diseases in the United States, said the government wouldn’t make the potential Covid-19 vaccine mandatory for the general public — though local jurisdictions might make it mandatory for other classes, like children.
“You don’t want to mandate and try and force anyone to take a vaccine. We’ve never done that,” said Fauci, a member of the White House coronavirus task force, during a video talk organized by George Washington University.
“It would be unenforceable and not appropriate,” said Fauci.
This however doesn’t prevent states from making a vaccine mandatory for children to attend school, as is already the case for certain diseases such as measles, though some are exempt for medical or religious reasons.
At any rate, the administration of President Donald Trump has pre-ordered hundreds of millions of vaccine doses from six companies, and these will be distributed for free.
