Our nation’s capital, Washington, D.C., is joining fellow cities NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Boston in mandating vaccine requirements for indoor spaces.
Come January 15th, the District of Columbia will adopt this draconian measure—one that will ultimately drive a deeper wedge between Washingtonians. Lest The District’s policy makers forget: this effort won’t mitigate the spread of the omicron variant. But they’ll proceed with it anyway.
Who will be adversely impacted by this new policy? Sadly, the city’s black residents—who comprise 46 percent of the population— will be disproportionately targeted. Fox News reporter Houston Keene noted just 39 percent of its black residents are fully vaccinated.
In a city atrophying from high crime and residents fleeing for freer pastures— the nation’s capital lost 20,000 residents in the last year — instituting a vaccine mandate will only drive more people out. Where will they escape to? It’s highly probable they’ll cross the Potomac River into the Commonwealth of Virginia. Here’s why.
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