2021 CA Governor's race: on Health Care

Doug Ose: COVID: Instead of mandates, give people options

Few issues united the Republicans on stage like their disdain for public health mandates. "I happen to have great faith in the ability of people to make decisions of their own," said Ose, who spoke with the technical knowledge of a longtime lawmaker and, at times, a table-pounding indignation. "Instead of giving people mandates, we need to give them options."

Gavin Newsom: State employees to get vaccinated or regular testing

Few issues united the four Republicans on stage like their disdain for public health mandates. "I happen to have great faith in the ability of people to make decisions of their own," said Doug Ose, who spoke with the technical knowledge of a longtime lawmaker and a table-pounding indignation. "Instead of giving people mandates, we need to give them options."

John Cox: Public-private partnership to get vaccinations done

John Cox: Opposed vaccination mandate for health care workers

Despite being infected with COVID early on in the pandemic, Cox said he opposed the governor's recent action to coax health care workers to get vaccinated. He also asserted that people who have already contracted the disease don't need the vaccine, contrary to guidance from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Kevin Faulconer: COVID: I do not favor mandates; I favor education

Faulconer, who has long distinguished himself across California GOP-dom as a relative moderate, stressed that he and his entire family had been vaccinated and he encouraged everyone who hasn't been to get the jab, too. But encouragement is as far as the state should go. "I do not favor mandates, I favor education," he said. "You're not going to mandate your way out of the coronavirus."

Kevin Faulconer: COVID: For vaccinating everyone, but not mandating