AP Interview: Micronesia leader mandates vaccines to protect

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Micronesia President David Panuelo says he’ll proceed to locomotion astir his land federation without fear, contempt an alleged assassination menace against him implicit his government’s vaccine mandate. Micronesia is 1 of the fewer countries to enforce a wide vaccine mandate. Some citizens person powerfully objected, and 1 antheral has been arrested. But Panuelo tells The Associated Press helium wants to support his radical and helium wants his federation to stay a spot wherever the microorganism hasn’t dispersed communally. He said radical connected the islands thin to unrecorded adjacent unneurotic and immoderate outbreak would dispersed similar wildfire. He acknowledges freedoms are important but adds, “How tin freedoms beryllium important if you dice from them?”