The problem is, the virus doesn’t only affect the older population. It affects everyone to some degree. Just look at the thread mikepal started about the diabetes link in kids. Look at Alfonso Davies who is side lined with myocarditis from catching covid. We are just starting to get enough data to put some puzzle pieces together.
Private companies with mandates will be straightened out in the courts soon enough. Unionized can be tricky based on the collective agreements. It’s a wait and see approach for now. Once one case is settled, it will set a precedent on which others will be based.
Until then, the vaccine, although has side effects has proven to make covid more manageable in terms of severe illness and fatality.