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I wrote a short comment (that was deleted<\/em>) on the Franchise Times website last week. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was in response to an article written by Laura Michaels titled,“Many Unknowns as Franchise Industry Considers COVID Vaccine Mandate<\/a><\/em>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But why was my comment deleted?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s not like it was mean-spirited or that it included a Covid-19 vaccine conspiracy theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that being said, I want to know why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Question: would you like to know what I wrote?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here’s My Horrible Comment On Vaccination Mandates<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Since my comment on the Franchise Times article was deleted, I don’t have access to exactly what I wrote. But here’s the gist of it. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Nice job on the article. That said, I think it’s time for the franchise industry as a whole to get behind mandatory vaccines. I feel that every franchisee should require their current and future employees to be vaccinated. That’s because a higher vaccination rate is our only way out of this mess. Do franchisees want a repeat of last winter? If not, they need to require vaccinations-now, so they’re still in business this time next year.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

What’s wrong with that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Was it offensive<\/a>? Or crazy? I don’t think so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So why the heck did the editors at Franchise Times delete my comment???<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Important Update<\/h2>\n

According to Laura Michaels from The Franchise Times, my comment was not<\/em> deleted. Instead, it was a technical issue with the website and the commenting system they use.<\/p>\n

I found this out after someone in their web department saw a comment someone left on Twitter about the post you’re reading right now. <\/p>\n

In a nutshell, Laura reached out to me and we talked on the phone about what happened. <\/p>\n

She was extremely apologetic, and I felt good after we talked. Until…<\/p>\n

Laura, after telling me that she would consider publishing an op-ed from me on the Franchise Times website, totally ignored my follow up calls and emails after I sent what I wrote in. 100% blew me off. I hate when people play games. <\/p>\n

So I published it on Medium<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Franchise Times Deletes Vaccine Mandate Comment: I Think I Know Why<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I know exactly<\/em> why my comment was disappeared. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

My comment on The Franchise Times website was deleted because my view of vaccination mandates doesn’t align with their views or how the franchise industry as a whole<\/em> looks at mandated vaccinations. That must<\/em> be the reason, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And before you think I’m just being paranoid, check this out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A few weeks ago, I contacted the host of a popular business podcast. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I asked him if he’d be willing to have me on to talk about the importance of getting all franchise business employees vaccinated. Scratch that. The importance of requiring<\/strong> employees of franchise businesses<\/a> to get vaccinated or they’d lose their jobs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told me in no uncertain terms that he had to decline because his listener base could turn on him and that they could end up “cancelling<\/em>” him. Consequently, the show never took place. How sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, I do<\/em> allow comments on my articles. Like the one that appeared soon after I wrote an article titled, “If You Own A Franchise, And You\u2019re Smart, You\u2019ll Require Vaccinations For Your Employees, And Fast<\/em>.” Click here to see the article on vaccine mandates and franchising<\/a> and make sure you take a look at the 3rd comment. It’s the one from someone who says that I’m a Communist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m not, but I didn’t delete the comment! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On Science, Masks, And Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Things are so<\/em> screwed up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who would have thought that we’d be at each other’s throats about vaccines and masks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Especially since it’s been scientifically proven<\/strong> that wearing masks indoors helps slow the spread of Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sure masks are uncomfortable to wear. So what? Wearing masks save lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

From The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA<\/em>\u00ae)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At a hair salon in which all staff and clients were required to wear a mask under local ordinance and company policy, 2 symptomatic, infected stylists attended to 139 clients and no infections were observed in the 67 clients who were reached for interviewing and testing. During a COVID-19 outbreak on the USS Theodore Roosevelt, persons who wore masks experienced a 70% lower risk of testing positive for SARS-CoV-2 infection. Similar reductions have been reported in case contact investigations when contacts were masked and in household clusters in which household members were masked.<\/p>More<\/a><\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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On Science, Vaccines, and More Science<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Vaccines work. They’re the best tool we have to combat the spread of Covid-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interestingly enough, The Florida Department Of Health<\/a> created a toolkit* for local agencies and communities to use to help them convince residents to get vaccinated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Note: the toolkit even links directly to the CDC website<\/strong> to provide data on how safe and effective the Covid-19 vaccines are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I’m pointing that out because the current Governor of Florida is seemingly against everything (masks and vaccines<\/em>) that saves lives (if they’re mandated<\/em>). How classy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Similarly, Fox “News<\/em>” talk show hosts consistently jaw about freedom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, that we should have the freedom to choose whether or not we get a life-saving vaccine. Maybe these hosts haven’t seen some of the gripping videos of people with Covid-19 wishing they would have taken the vaccine. Or maybe they have. Here’s one of the milder ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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