The original mandate was under the guise that it stopped transmission. Of course, since it doesn’t, they rotated away from that.
Sadly, people seem to have forgotten that health care professionals are still required to get the clot shots in order to be able to work - CMS Medicare/Medicaid mandates withhold funding to hospitals if they don’t enforce mandates. Religious exemptions are given — some institutions allow more than others and those health care providers who have received an exemption are required to get weekly testing (often at their own expense) and may need to reply for the exemption annually.
That’s what I was told as well. As soon as it started leaking that it doesn’t stop or slow it down, it was immediately pivoted to “you won’t get as sick”. What a crock of BS.