Maine will make history March 3 as the first state in the nation to have a popular vote on vaccine mandates. We hope that history will also be made that same day by a majority of yes votes for our great state being the first to see through the fear and deception used to pass and defend a terrible law that, we believe, has no documented need, will have a negative impact on public health, and will expel thousands of Mainers from school and employment. A yes vote on Question 1 changes nothing in our state immediately because the new law doesn’t go into effect until September 2021.