That’s why I’m glad President Joe Biden announced Thursday that all civilian federal employees and onsite contractors must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or submit to frequent testing and other restrictions, and urged states and localities to give a $100 incentive to people to get vaccinated.

States, local governments, businesses and other organizations should impose the same vaccination requirement on their employees and contractors. And the Occupational Safety and Health Administration should require that all employees, customers and others entering workplaces show proof of a COVID-19 vaccination.

We all already get government-issued Social Security numbers, and most of us carry around government-issued driver’s licenses. These government IDs haven’t taken away our freedoms. Carrying around a card saying we have been vaccinated against the coronavirus won’t deprive us of our freedoms, either.