One of the WORLD’S STRICTEST workplace vaccine mandates
… Italy pushed into new territory for a Western democracy
… dramatically reshaping society
… a new requirement for entering and earning a paycheck
… the mandates are also beginning to separate society into different tiers of freedom
… The new society is one in which the vaccinated reprise their lives
… the unvaccinated face a choice: Either they get immunized, or they risk losing their incomes
… the ability to dine indoors, attend a concert, see a movie or board a high-speed train
… It is far from clear what kind of new social norms will emerge by the end of the pandemic
… Italy was the first Western democracy to enforce a full-on lockdown
… Mario Draghi, has even suggested the possibility of a first-in-the-Western-world universal vaccine mandate
… Italy is in a new phase of trying to understand … what level of control society might be willing to accept
… he bump in new first doses has been modest since the workplace policy was decided last month