Vaccine mandates lost justification as vaccines failed to prevent infection

Evidence

As I have said, I was conflicted on the vaccine apps: increased digitization of daily life deepens preexisting inequalities, but so does letting a virus run rampant as the bodies pile up. … Once the virus mutated and it became clear that vaccines were becoming less effective in preventing infection, continuing the vaccine mandates began to make less sense, which is why they were being lifted in places like New York. — Naomi Klein, Doppelganger, 820

Categorization

• XREF: Klein’s even-handedness in assessing vaccine apps — both sides of an inequality calculus — connects to the reader’s interest in whether the doubling device yields genuine analytic balance or merely rhetorical triangulation.