Posted on 06/08/2021 8:43:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas always seems to be a step behind Ron DeSantis in Florida, but there’s still something to be said about getting to the right decision. Abbott did that yesterday by banning so-called “vaccine passports,” including within Texas’ vibrant cruise line industry.
(related Greg Abbott Just Went Nuclear on Democrats Trying to Obstruct Texas’ Election Security Bill)
Here’s his announcement.
Texas is open 100%.
Texans should have the freedom to go where they want without any limits, restrictions, or requirements.
Today, I signed a law that prohibits any TX business or gov’t entity from requiring vaccine passports or any vaccine information. pic.twitter.com/JQXOe4cHgY
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 7, 2021
In a saner world that wasn’t eaten up with COVID hysteria, this would be a no-brainer move. After all, businesses can still require a negative test result, specifically those that deal in travel such as cruise lines and airlines. Further, with tens of millions of people with natural immunity, and others who can’t take the vaccine for certain health reasons, there’s just no reason to have a broad, discriminatory policy that infringes on an individual’s right to make their own medical choices.
Of course, because every common-sense, state-level move must be opposed in the post-Trump era by a certain sect of supposed Republicans, the grifter twins jumped into action to gnash their teeth.
Will you be banning “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service” policies too? https://t.co/aKgMYNGdit
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahDispatch) June 8, 2021
From social media legislation to infringing on economic liberty to protect anti-vaxxers, to speech codes in American education, the GOP is becoming the party that says, “Bake the cake, bigot. Your freedom stops at our feelings.” https://t.co/Efg89brE1x
— David French (@DavidAFrench) June 8, 2021
To these clowns, there is no such thing as a slippery slope. Rather, in their mind, slopes exist to dive down so as to then have something to whine about in a newsletter and collect more cash. Meanwhile, most Republicans have long decided they are done giving up an inch only to inevitably lose a mile.
Regardless, Goldberg’s analogy falls short. A business asking you to put shoes on is being far less intrusive than one that demands private medical information. Further, putting shoes on does not require injecting something into your body that you don’t even need if you have natural immunity. Nuance does exist.
Further, French’s critique is overwrought, dishonest garbage, which is hardly surprising. I haven’t gotten the vaccine because I have natural immunity from previously having COVID. I am not an “anti-vaxxer.” I support the use of the vaccine by those who need it, especially those who are in high-risk categories.
As to his accusation that conservatives support “speech codes” in schools, that is also nonsense. What conservatives oppose is the teaching of critical race theory. There are literally thousands of things that aren’t allowed to be taught in schools because they are dishonest, harmful garbage. Why should CRT get a pass if people want to vote to ban it? Would French be cool with teaching white supremacy in schools? Maybe he would, but his position is hardly consistent. Remember, this is the same guy who will tell you private companies can do whatever they want regardless of the subsidies they receive, but you as a voter can’t have a say in what’s taught in schools you pay for with your taxes. Makes sense, right?
Lastly, I want to note that French’s description of the Masterpiece Cake Shop case is misleading. In fact, he’s adopting a left-wing caricature in his attempt to dunk on Abbott. The baker in question was actually willing to “bake the cake.” Legally, he could not simply deny service to someone because they are gay and he offered to sell the couple a cake. What he refused to do on specifically religious grounds is produce a cake and take part in their wedding ceremony, which would not have been at his place of business.
Are businesses demanding vaccine passports doing so under the protection of religious freedom? They are not, thus the analogy fails on a variety of levels. Vaccine passports make no sense and are an undue burden on individual rights. Cruise lines, for example, already require a negative test. So what, exactly, is the problem? Further, why are antibody tests not accepted by those with natural immunity? Vaccine passports are an arbitrary precedent that has no business taking root in our society. While that may not be the federal government’s job to address, states are certainly within their rights to tell businesses to cut it out.
(READ: There Is No Private Sector Version of the Vaccine Passport)
In the end, this is really about opposing anyone who dares to actually fight as a conservative. Fighting and winning as a conservative doesn’t sell newsletter subscriptions inside the beltway or make left-wing billionaires want to give you money.
Lousy at math, somebody please check these calculations:
CDC says roughly 600,000 Americans have died “from” the China Virus.
CDC says about 114,600,000 Americans have been infected with the China Virus.
That means that only approximately One Half of One Percent of the people infected have died “from” the China Virus.
Or did I calculate that wrong?
RE: That means that only approximately One Half of One Percent of the people infected have died “from” the China Virus.
Your calculations are correct with this proviso - the 600,000 American deaths are ACCURATE. There have been many articles that cast doubt on this number and many have been saying that Covid deaths are significantly less than this number.
Also, are you certain that 114,600,000 Americans have REALLY been infected? The widely used PCR tests have been found to be disturbingly inaccurate.
The Billionaire Elon Musk for instance had himself tested for Covid-19, 4 times in one day. He tested positive twice and negative twice.
“the 600,000 American deaths are ACCURATE”
Well known by now that is a hilariously distorted number, with death from all manner of things beside the China virus lumped in for political advantage.
That Florida guy dying in a motorcycle accident being listed as a Chinese virus death should have bee a wake up call for intelligent Americans.
Someone tell this idiot we are going to ban COMMUNISM in any shape or form in the state of Texas.
David French is mostly wrong, but not entirely. Some conservatives are taking the “bake the cake, bigot” line.
And not a moment too soon, by God. They shouldn’t have have just banne. vaccine cards / passports, they should’ve made requiring one for employment or entry to a public establishment a felony with mandatory minimum prison terms and revocation of business license for a period of years.
I am 1000% behind stomping this “papers please” crap flat. If Abbot is doing anything wrong here, he’s not stomping hard enough on these fascist jackasses.
“ Someone tell this idiot we are going to ban COMMUNISM in any shape or form in the state of Texas. ”
He doesn’t get it. We basically need to make it illegal to be a radical woke leftist.
FYI, the free RiteAid tests and the lab in San Francisco was funded by Alphabet aka Google
SeekandFind is addicted to doom porn propaganda.
Quick! Check your pulse SeekandFind! My sarcasm and wit may have infected you with doubt....
From the article:
“Further, why are antibody tests not accepted by those with natural immunity? “
If I had had the covid (I did last March, before tests were available in my area), I would gladly accept an antibody test for myself, and get proof of immunity, so as to shut up anyone giving me grief about needing shots before letting me in or getting service.
Yes, I would first tell them I’m immune, let me in, give me service.
If they pushed me about shots, then I’d show proof of immunity.
If they still balked, then I’d say OK, I’ll take my business elsewhere.
"Will you be banning “No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service” policies too?"
... should have been a wake up call for intelligent Americans.
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“ intelligent “ Americans....it takes little intelligence to see Satan is occupying the White House,....ANYTHING pushed by slow Joe and the Ho should be avoided at all costs.
Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas always seems to be a step behind Ron DeSantis in Florida, but there’s still something to be said about getting to the right decision.
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And that, boys and girls, is why Abbott will most likely never be president, while DeSantis has an excellent chance of being next, if Trump decides to step aside..
Well, according to SeekandFind, your calculations are correct, and I won’t argue that point at all. IN fact, Ithinkk he’s being pretty conservative in hs estimate, I think the actual number of fatalities is most likely under 10,000, if you consider ONLY those who were killed specifically by covid, rather than by their already existing health problems that it exacerbated.
The number of people actually infeted, I’m really not sure. Just how many have actually been tested? How many of those were false positives? How many got it and never had a clue, went on about their business and never had the slightest idea they had covid19 at all?
We know we’ve been told a lot of fairly tales. I pretty much consider Fauci to be a unicorn fart salesman.
Remember the story about a cruise ship out at sea, suddenly they found out coronavirus was also aboard? I didn’t hear a thing for about 2 months, then suddenly stumbled onto a follow up story. Only 17% of the people aboard were actually infected, and half of those never knew it.
If that’s a good “petri dish” example and we expand it tothe whole country, that means around 85% of the people should never be infected, and half of those who do will not even know it. (actually 87% in the case of the ship, but let’s round down for simplicity and the wider coverage).
So now your numbers seem way, way off...but only because the media has fed the public the biggest load of pure crap I’ve ever seen. The CDC has been caught fudging their numbers more than once, the media still insists on hyping the false numbers even though they know they are lying, and fauci is still out there selling unicorn farts. I bet he has them in canned or scratch and sniff by now...
Back in about September or October 2020 the CDC admitted they had been less than truthful with their fatality numbers. Once they ruled out those who had died of other causes, and counted only those who died FROM coronavirus rather than WITH coronavirus, (there is a difference) at that time the accurate number of fatalities was just under 10,000. About 9100 and change I think it was. The media was claiming over 200,000 at the time, maybe over 225,000.
Not long after that the overall numbers began declining and now it’s all but gone. But the press and fauci are still claiming zillions of cases...there’s a reason I haven’t believed a word I heard from ABC, NBC and CBS in 30 years, and stopped watching CNN around 10 years ago. LIES...
And that’s where we are today, I’m not sure anybody actually knows how many people have even been in the same state with coronavirus...
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