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If you read my post, you would know you don't have to broach even that aspect of the subject. And you would also know I agree with you on that.

Your big post I responded to didn't really bring it up.

And you are correct on one point: They can't force you to take an injection. But they can (and will) restrict your movement in the circumstances I describe below.

And I will say-It DOES make a difference, if you don't, I don't think you are thinking it through. One of the roles of a Constitutional Republic like ours is to provide security. If there were a 90% fatality rate from those who contract some disease and it was highly contagious, you could be sure there would be all kinds of efforts by any organized government (or people if there was no functioning government) to keep infected people out, Constitution or not. And of that, I have zero doubt. People would not only be doing it in their own homes and neighborhoods (keeping people out with firearms, etc.) but at a local and likely national level as well.

Well certainly, but there's a big difference between vetting outsiders, vs imposing draconian controls on your subjects. And yes, I agree that if the situation were different, people would be taking many of these measures on their own. But that still doesn't change what the government is permitted to do.
But those issues run much deeper - government misinformation wouldn't be such an issue if a large portion of the populace was able to think critically and actually learnt civics in school. Being able to look at alternate sources of news / information is such a rare skill, unfortunately.

"...But those issues run much deeper - government misinformation wouldn't be such an issue if a large portion of the populace was able to think critically and actually learnt civics in school. Being able to look at alternate sources of news / information is such a rare skill, unfortunately..."

One of the positive things about all this BS over the last 25 years for me is that I have completely disregarded the media as a source of any kind of information.

Of course, the "downside" of not sitting there with your mouth agape just absorbing what they want you to know is that you have to take time to look at information, evaluate the relevance, quality, and accuracy, and actually think about how it fits together, and it takes time.

On the other hand, there is indeed an upside, and that is that you not only have to really look at things, you learn a lot, every day in the process.

I can live with that.