host: this is ricardo in oakdale, california. supports the mandates. caller: good morning. am a recipient of in-home services and my caregivers, a lot of them are hanging around with drug addicts and they do not vaccinated -- they do not vaccinate. they need to crack down on all of this. there are a lot of criminals and drug addicts that are getting these viruses. they are going to give it to us seniors that are recipients. thank you. host: steve, canonsburg, pennsylvania. opposes the mandates. good morning. caller: good morning. quickly, i do not believe that vaccines should be mandated. i do not consider it to be apolitical is you or geopolitical issue or anything like that. i see the mortality rate of this virus is less than 2% since the time of the outbreak started. i have spoken with people from the cdc and allegheny health network in my area and they have confirmed with me the vaccine is not more than a way to help you get over it. it is nothing more than a way to help you provide a fight if you get exposure to the vaccine. it is not going to stop the virus period. th

host:, this is ricardo in oakdale, california, supports the new federal mandates.ler: i am a recipient, and my caregivers, and a lot of them are hanging around with drug addicts, and they do not vaccinate. services mandated about this vaccinated because they need to crackdown. there are a lot of criminals and drug addicts getting these viruses, they will give it to seniors who are recipients. host: canonsburg, pennsylvania, opposes the mandates, good morning. caller: morning. quickly, i do not believe that vaccines should be mandated. i do not believe it to be a political issue or a geopolitical issue. i see that mortality rate of this virus is less than 2% since the time the outbreak started. i have spoken with people from the allegheny health network and the cdc. the vaccine is nothing more than a way to help your body fight. it is not going to stop the virus. . the only thing that will stop the virus is the virus going away. people who make the argument about smallpox, those are viruses that destroy your life. people who have gotten it have recovered in 2 weeks.

david is next in oakdale, new york, republican line.ler: i feel like women want to make a choice for the abortion, but they didn't make a choice before they got pregnant. they just went out and had unprotected sex, found out they are pregnant, and now they want to get an abortion. i don't think the federal government -- host: do you think that is always the woman's choice? if it's an agreement between the woman and her partner, she was forced into it? caller: i don't know. i think the end result is they want the choice of aborting it. maybe they are under age maybe they feel like it's the 60's, free love. i don't know what's going on in their head when they are having the sex. i mean if it's a married couple and they had unprotected sex and the woman got pregnant and she feels you know she's got six kids in doesn't need another one. host: here's the story from "the new york times," the ruling came down last night at midnight, supreme court breaking silence, won't block texas abortion law. it was just before midnight on wednesday that th