In your humble opinion. In fact this has been proven wrong more times than can be counted. I built and was a partner in a small construction company; 10-15 employees $ 1-2 million annual gross. We, and our clients depended on government regulation, (codes, inspections), they because they were not nearly expert enough to know whether the work had been done in a sound and safe manner, we because there's always a greedy so-and-so willing to cut corners and under bid us for the work, not to mention the fact that we didn't know everything either and nobody wants their project to fail, hurt someone, kill someone.

This reality applies to nearly all businesses, When the dry cleaner dumps his chemicals in the sewer nobody knows right away the damage he does to "the commons", every creature down stream. When the brake shop fails to train and equip its mechanics to avoid breathing asbestos particles from the brake shoes, the mesothelioma, a gruesome way to die, doesn't show for 20-30 years.

There are no current mandates on private business, though the "invisible hand" has led many of them to institute their own. Further, public health law has been a part of the legal structure of this country for well over a century, and for very good reasons. No doubt you, as an educated person, know that we may well owe our nation itself to a vaccine mandate. You have heard of George Washington, of course. Many historians believe that his smallpox vaccine mandate on his troops at Valley Forge saved the

Continental Army.

It mystifies me why anyone would choose to fight this battle. Is a sketchy political belief worth spreading a deadly disease, hamstringing the economy, and perhaps most important destroying the spirit of personal effort and sometimes sacrifice for the good of the nation? My dad volunteered to fight in WWII...and very nearly died. Today I doubt that we could defeat the Axis. So many "citizens" see their personal "freedoms" as so much more important than protecting their neighbors from a deadly threat.