It seems you can force people to get a vaccine in the middle of a pandemic. France is dealing with massive unrest [0] and are hemorrhaging medical staff [1] because they mandated vaccines for medical professionals (which doesn't make sense, the vaccine doesn't prevent a person from spreading the virus [2]).

[0] https://spectator.org/french-health-pass-riots/

[1] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/we-have-rights-french-h...

[2] https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/06/cdc_direc...!