I've seen two camps of people. People who talk about FDA full approval and EUA and people who interject the experimental discussion. Those don't really crossover if the person's point is actually about FDA approval but maybe for you it does. If FDA approval was given, which all signs point to it being much sooner than 6-8 years it would still be experimental to you going by all your comments, we wouldn't know long term side effects, we wouldn't know if follow up treatment is needed and not the full 6-8 years has occurred. If places are going to require it they aren't going to wait 6-8 years to do so and the FDA is unlikely to wait that long either. It's just two different ways of people talking about the vaccine which is where my observation came from.You are generalizing way too much about the beliefs of people that are using the proper wording. How exactly do you think experimental medical treatment becomes approved and conventional medical treatment? People choose to take the treatment and enough data is formed to prove one way or another whether the treatment is safe and effective.
EUAs are given to experimental medical treatments, the only person that shifted the conversation was you. The average time a drug is in clinical trials is 6-8 years, by then there is a lot more data that has been collected than in the four months (?) that these drugs were.
Here is a telling anecdote, my wife works for one of the largest health care systems in the midwest, I work for one of the largest regulatory compliance companies in the country. Neither of our employers is going to make the vaccine mandatory, in the case of my wife's company, their policy on the flu vaccine is if you don't get it every year you are ineligible for a raise or promotion. I also read that Rutgers is not going to require the vaccine for it's employees.
As far as companies I think we should entertain the idea that while we have these prior policies about vaccines this vaccine, due to the public health situation, may be treated differently. Your wife's company may have used the flu vaccine in the past as a financial incentive. They may not see it the same with the covid vaccine. We all know companies change their minds. They may not want to be the first company out there but as is the case with Rutgers University, which started the conversation, they are willing to be one of the first and without full FDA approval at this point (which I disagree they should be doing right now). If your wife's company and yours as well have other companies in their field begin requiring it in different ways than just a financial incentive they may find themselves changing their minds. Never say never seems very appropriate during this whole mess don't you think?
I was giving my opinion on the continual usage of the phrase which only appears to be used in certain ways but I think it's taken up too much already. I appreciate the conversation however. Please have a good day and I hope your second dose goes well.