I’m no lawyer but there is a little thing called the Constitution of the United States of America and it seems to me that vaccine mandates are unconstitutional.
Is that really the kind of cop Indiana would want to hire; the kind of cop that is afraid of a life-saving shot? The kind of cop that disobeys orders? Or, the kind of cop that has no problem passing on a deadly virus?
I see all troublesome cops’ examples are white. A subliminal message there Varvel?
Funny how all the trolls on this page were anti-vax while Trump was in office, and now, how that has all changed under “Mandate Joe”. Hey, Joe! Mandate this: LET’S GO, BRANDON!
“The public interest is also served by maintaining our constitutional structure and maintaining the liberty of individuals to make intensely personal decisions according to their own convictions—even, or perhaps particularly, when those decisions frustrate government officials.”
It will be interesting to observe if the change in the make-up of the Chicago Police increases or decreases the corruption in the city that allows all the murders.
My brother survived the Covid-19 back in it’s earliest days. He refuses to have the vax because he says insufficient knowledge of long-range effects. What will it do to us individually four years down the road?It’s the only anti-vax objection I’ve seen or heard that has some validity.
‘CDC declined to update the numbers for five months’—The CDC Finally Reveals Its Estimate for How Many Americans Have ‘Natural Immunity’: 146.6 Million People
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly acknowledged that far more people have natural immunity than was earlier reported. The CDC quietly acknowledged that a staggering 146.6 million people have been infected by the Sars-CoV-2 virus and have survived it.
Most inflated of all are the 921,000 “estimated total deaths.” The CDC reports “Covid-related deaths,” and not deaths caused by Covid-19. That is because 94% of Covid-related deaths had serious underlying medical conditions, such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. While Covid-19 may have been a contributing causal factor to the timing of a patient’s death, the vast majority occurred in patients who were immunocompromised or elderly. The average age of Covid-related death in 2020 was slightly under life expectancy at 77 years old.
It will be a short line, the vast majority of police officers are vaccinated. They were able to get vaccinated as first responders when the vaccines were first rolled out. Covid19 was the leading cause of death of police officers last year. Which is why police officers with a brain got vaccinated as soon as they could.
Let the few whiny scairdy cats quit and move to states I wouldn’t live in.
Otherwise, if they can’t force them to get vaccinated, take away the the benefit for dying in the line of duty, that they have been giving. Should they die of Covid, with the vaccines available, they are no longer dying from Covid19 as an increased work risk as it was last year, but out of their own foolishness.
I drive 20 miles to work every day. Never been involved in a significant auto accident. Yet I put on my seatbelt every time I enter the car.
I work in law enforcement. I’m not a policeman, but I have regular contact with the general public in the courtroom and in my offices. Out of respect for the public I serve, my fellow workers, and for my own wellbeing, I am vaccinated. I get my Moderna booster next week.
GOGOPOWERANGERS over 2 years ago
Serve and protect but not from Corona right police?
Concretionist over 2 years ago
So you get rid of the cops who don’t follow orders, who feel they’re above the law, and who aren’t community minded. Win, win, win.
Daeder over 2 years ago
Varvel is proud of how much worse Indiana is than Illinois in almost every respect.
In tomorrow’s cartoon, Gary will draw about how awesome Indiana is for fueling all the gun violence in Chicago.
AndrewSharpe over 2 years ago
They vowed to protect the public, and are now…infecting the public. Good riddance.
braindead Premium Member over 2 years ago
“We WANT them infected!”
Right, Varvel?
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Indiana is 66% adults with at least on dose of vaccine, making them a leader in herd mentality.
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And right on cue, The Messiah rewards Indiana’s Favorite Son: “Will no one rid me of this troublesome vice president?”
sevaar777 over 2 years ago
Indiana, Alabama of the north.
feverjr Premium Member over 2 years ago
Wait until Indiana taxpayers get the hospital bills for these voluntarily unvaccinated public servants……
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/08/19/the-cost-of-being-unvaccinated-just-went-up—-most-insurers-are-passing-costs-back-to-patients-as-covid-hospitalizations-soar/?sh=7d36cf66bd9a
ibFrank over 2 years ago
We will take every officer we can get, our police are drying for help.
William Bednar Premium Member over 2 years ago
“Yeah guys” says the guy behind the booth, “you’ll get a free burial if you catch Covid-19”.
My First Premium Member over 2 years ago
Leave Chicago for Indiana? Well, it would be safer for them too.
2AndFour over 2 years ago
I’m no lawyer but there is a little thing called the Constitution of the United States of America and it seems to me that vaccine mandates are unconstitutional.
Radish the wordsmith over 2 years ago
Go ahead and die, its your unvaxxed choice.
rs0204 Premium Member over 2 years ago
Is that really the kind of cop Indiana would want to hire; the kind of cop that is afraid of a life-saving shot? The kind of cop that disobeys orders? Or, the kind of cop that has no problem passing on a deadly virus?
I see all troublesome cops’ examples are white. A subliminal message there Varvel?
The Nodding Head over 2 years ago
I support vaccinated law enforcement
Valiant1943 Premium Member over 2 years ago
So the spoiled brats can now spread the Covid in Indiana and kill Hoosiers?
Radish the wordsmith over 2 years ago
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, unscrupulous anti-vaxxer, hit with $48K in fines over mask rules
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/11/2/2061730/-Rep-Marjorie-Taylor-Green-has-racked-up-48K-in-fines-for-violating-mask-rules-on-the-House-floor
Primitive right wingers don’t care if your children die from a preventable disease.
1BlackLivesMatter Premium Member over 2 years ago
Funny how all the trolls on this page were anti-vax while Trump was in office, and now, how that has all changed under “Mandate Joe”. Hey, Joe! Mandate this: LET’S GO, BRANDON!
davidthoms1 over 2 years ago
Just why would Indiana want to hire ignorant, superstitious, gullible and easily fooled police?
littleann over 2 years ago
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/581401-federal-appeals-court-affirms-stay-on-biden-vaccine-mandate-for-businesses
littleann over 2 years ago
This is a quote from the 22 page ruling:
“The public interest is also served by maintaining our constitutional structure and maintaining the liberty of individuals to make intensely personal decisions according to their own convictions—even, or perhaps particularly, when those decisions frustrate government officials.”
walfishj over 2 years ago
Chicago police are notorious for two things: corruption and thuggery. I feel for Indiana and am glad for Chicago.
Alberta Oil Premium Member over 2 years ago
Odd thinking here.. we have folk who put on up to 60 pounds of protective gear “because it’s mandated”.. yet balk at getting a vaccination.
walkingmancomics over 2 years ago
and Indiana’s covid #s mysteriously begin to spike
preacherman Premium Member over 2 years ago
I seem to remember that Chicago mobs often frequented Terre Haute Indiana. So, now, Chicago’s bad cops go to Indiana. Shades of the past.
Stat_man99 over 2 years ago
The vax mandate is REALLY going to help the job numbers. It is overreaching by the Federal Government.
SammySnyder over 2 years ago
It will be interesting to observe if the change in the make-up of the Chicago Police increases or decreases the corruption in the city that allows all the murders.
ChristopherBurns over 2 years ago
Probably raise the IQ on both forces.
DrDon1 over 2 years ago
Varvel came back from “vacation” for this? Total waste!
FGWaiss over 2 years ago
My brother survived the Covid-19 back in it’s earliest days. He refuses to have the vax because he says insufficient knowledge of long-range effects. What will it do to us individually four years down the road?It’s the only anti-vax objection I’ve seen or heard that has some validity.
Gary Williams Premium Member over 2 years ago
With all the murders in Chicago who will notice the cops are gone?
6.6TA over 2 years ago
2 and 4 is obviously right about one thing: he is obviously not a lawyer.
Rich Douglas over 2 years ago
Cops are, on the whole, pretty dumb. That’s why they’re cops.
littleann over 2 years ago
‘CDC declined to update the numbers for five months’—The CDC Finally Reveals Its Estimate for How Many Americans Have ‘Natural Immunity’: 146.6 Million People
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has quietly acknowledged that far more people have natural immunity than was earlier reported. The CDC quietly acknowledged that a staggering 146.6 million people have been infected by the Sars-CoV-2 virus and have survived it.
Most inflated of all are the 921,000 “estimated total deaths.” The CDC reports “Covid-related deaths,” and not deaths caused by Covid-19. That is because 94% of Covid-related deaths had serious underlying medical conditions, such as heart disease, stroke, and diabetes. While Covid-19 may have been a contributing causal factor to the timing of a patient’s death, the vast majority occurred in patients who were immunocompromised or elderly. The average age of Covid-related death in 2020 was slightly under life expectancy at 77 years old.
librarylady59 over 2 years ago
I thought the police motto was “to protect and to serve.”
PaulGoes over 2 years ago
Five times more police have died from Covid than from being shot
rmfrye Premium Member over 2 years ago
Better check the health care policy.
calliarcale over 2 years ago
These days, the number one killer of cops is covid-19. We make them wear body armor; why shouldn’t we make them get vaccinated as well?
GiantShetlandPony over 2 years ago
It will be a short line, the vast majority of police officers are vaccinated. They were able to get vaccinated as first responders when the vaccines were first rolled out. Covid19 was the leading cause of death of police officers last year. Which is why police officers with a brain got vaccinated as soon as they could.
Let the few whiny scairdy cats quit and move to states I wouldn’t live in.
Otherwise, if they can’t force them to get vaccinated, take away the the benefit for dying in the line of duty, that they have been giving. Should they die of Covid, with the vaccines available, they are no longer dying from Covid19 as an increased work risk as it was last year, but out of their own foolishness.
apfelzra Premium Member over 2 years ago
The motto of the unvaccinated cop: “To infect and serve”.
359mxn over 2 years ago
Have fun with all our bad apples.
charliekane over 2 years ago
I drive 20 miles to work every day. Never been involved in a significant auto accident. Yet I put on my seatbelt every time I enter the car.
I work in law enforcement. I’m not a policeman, but I have regular contact with the general public in the courtroom and in my offices. Out of respect for the public I serve, my fellow workers, and for my own wellbeing, I am vaccinated. I get my Moderna booster next week.
Why is this so hard?