First off, I was referencing the civilian mandate, to which none of you examples apply. Name another vaccine mandated by the federal govt. as a condition for employment? Mandating in the military is different, and in one of these threads I've stated my opinion that it's completely fine, it's just not smart (it is dividing us and hurting readiness) and we should have compassion for those who choose not to take it. I've been pleasantly surprised SECDEF and others disagree with Brett and others here and have ordered that service heads have compassion.
Second, the evidence has already convinced me and I think everyone who's posted here that the risk/reward of the vax is worth it for us. No amount of evidence, however, will convince me that we should force civilians to take a vax that only helps them. If COVID were actually highly lethal to even the majority of Americans, and we had a vaccine that actually prevented it's spread, then I could be convinced by the argument that a vax mandate should be considered. As it is, most of America has a fraction of 1% chance of dying from COVID, and a vaccine that lowers that further for anyone who wants it, but it doesn't stop the spread. Hardly warrants anything close to a national mandate. Fauci and Biden agreed with me, by the way, until they didn't.
And by the way, tens of thousands of servicemen are putting their money where their mouths are on the mandate. I am, in a way, though the straw that broke the camel's back for me came with the Navy's handling of COVID long before the vax mandate.