Editorial: Kroger’s carrot-and-stick pandemic policies are a valuable business model | Editorial

But what makes sense and what’s realistic in the current political climate are two different things. The politicization of this medical issue and the snail’s pace of the legal system means Biden’s mandates likely won’t be fully enforceable anytime soon. And conservatives likely will continue to demonize the very notion of such federally required health measures as intrusions on personal choice.

That argument evaporates, though, when businesses themselves decide to impose requirements on their employees to protect both their workforce and their customers. Efforts by so-called conservatives like Govs. Ron DeSantis of Florida or Greg Abbott of Texas to prohibit businesses from requiring employee vaccination only highlight how hypocritical and craven some politicians have become. There’s nothing conservative about handcuffing private businesses’ pandemic policy choices like that.

Kroger’s employee incentives for vaccination — and, soon,…

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