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of individuals who, as shown by clinical data, are proven to be safe to receive such vaccine." New York State Assemblyman David DiPietro, a Republican, said that his phone was "blowing up" with calls from constituents strongly opposed to making the vaccine mandatory. He said: "Taking the vaccine should be your choice." He added, "I find it ironic that so many of these people who are pro choice and say, 'my body my choice'… but when it comes a vaccine now it's my body, but its not my choice. The hypocrisy just drips off the wall with some of these people." DiPietro is working on submitting his own bill to prohibit mandating the COVID-19 vaccine while allowing citizens to maintain their civil rights. Governor Andrew Cuomo stated that you cannot make someone take a vaccine, but the state can coerce an individual to be vaccinated as a "condition" of other things, such as receiving welfare or enrolling your child in school.-GEG

Amid concern over whether enough people will trust the soon to be distributed coronavirus vaccine, there is a bill in the New York State Legislature which, if passed, would empower state officials to make the vaccine mandatory if not enough people voluntarily take it.