Should USA college mandate the covid vaccine for students and employees? What would be a good thesis statement and and introduction for this topic? 

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I suggest you go for a pro stance in this.

A good thesis statement for being "pro" for this topic would be:

"In my opinion, USA college should mandate the covid vaccine for students and employees because vaccines reduce infection transmission, provide protection, and prevent hospitalization."

For the introduction, you may start with the phrase "Covid 19 has claimed countless lives" or any facts regarding covid. Then you can research for data or statistics like the number of people getting infected every day (make sure include the year like "In 2020 the average number of people getting infected is..." you can also add the number of people dying, etc. Then you will proceed to say that "this is the reason why vaccines are important".. You may follow this with a statement such as "Despite this, there are people who still refuse to get vaccinated." Do not forget that your thesis statement should be written at the end of your introduction paragraph. 

I would also like to give suggestions regarding the body of your essay. Remember that your essay's body will contain the main points that you stated in your thesis statement (reduce infection transmission, provide protection, prevent hospitalization) you will start each paragraph in your body with one main point then you will provide supporting details such as an explanation and examples. It will be easy because this information is readily available on the internet (a lot of information on the benefits of vaccines can be found) just focus on the importance of getting the vaccine to support your argument of why it should be mandated.

For your conclusion just sum up everything and restate your point.

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