“Leftists have already written about this, salivating over the anticipated change in regulatory status so they can force them on us.”
Very true and it is going to happen. I worry for my children who will face a choice between their jobs or taking a vaccine which will likely not offer protection agains Covid but will shorten their lives.
Once they have successfully compelled full vaccination of the working through employer mandate, I fully expect them to use the power of the state to compel Medicare and Medicaid patients to take the vaccine or face denial of health care benefits. Once that has successfully been accomplished the vaccination ID card program can be rolled out and any remaining holdouts can be denied drivers licenses, gun carry permits, licenses to do business, and admission to public buildings and venues.
The irony is within 2-3 years we will are carry vaccine cards, and be compelled to show them while the same leftists will continue to insist it is unreasonable to require voter ID to vote.
It used to take years of creeping incrementalism for the left to achieve its goals (abortion on demand, gay marriage, open borders). Now change occurs in days or even hours. We can count on Republican representatives to remain silent, businesses to cave on cultural issues at the slightest threat by social activist groups, and then the government to use its fist through the police power or regulatory powers even if the action is against existing laws.
We are now plunging into the period of anarchy and lawlessness that proceeds a society collapsing. We already have a two tier legal system. Enforcement of contract law is uneven at best. There are no longer societal standards of morality. Crime is accelerating dramatically and violent crime is on the rise. Laws are not enforced selectively. Violence will continue escalate to the point people will demand order even if it means a dictatorship.
As much as it saddens me to say so, everything that you wrote is the truth.
What you’re outlining is a very plausible worst case. I hope there’s enough pushback to avoid it, but we’ll see.