Wonderful irony.
Napolitano is blissfully unaware that George Washington ordered the first mandatory mass vaccination:
"...on February 5th of 1777, Washington finally committed to the unpopular policy of mass inoculation by writing to inform Congress of his plan. Throughout February, Washington, with no precedent for the operation he was about to undertake, covertly communicated to his commanding officers orders to oversee mass inoculations of their troops in the model of Morristown and Philadelphia (Dr. Shippen's Hospital). At least eleven hospitals had been constructed by the year's end.
Variola raged throughout the war, devastating the Native American population and slaves who had chosen to fight for the British in exchange for freedom. Yet the isolated infections that sprung up among Continental regulars during the southern campaign failed to incapacitate a single regiment. With few surgeons, fewer medical supplies, and no experience, Washington conducted the first mass inoculation of an army at the height of a war that immeasurably transformed the international system. Defeating the British was impressive, but simultaneously taking on Variola was a risky stroke of genius.
https://www.loc.gov/rr/scitech/GW&smallpoxinoculation.html
I’m not a big fan of Napolitano but he’s dead right on this one.
The political and legal fallout of this fiasco will be interesting. All I know is that President Trump has a great team of advisors because they are adamant about steering clear of any oppressive edicts at the Federal level. They even go to great lengths to refer to the Federal response in this matter as “guidelines.”