Posted on 08/14/2021 2:15:58 AM PDT by John Semmens
In New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio's decree blocking unvaccinated persons from entering public buildings and many commercial businesses discriminates against blacks. It turns out that 72% of blacks aged 18-44 have not been vaccinated against COVID. A New York Times investigation of the reason for this phenomenon concluded that "during these uncertain times they could not trust the government with their health."
De Blasio called this reluctance to get vaccinated "foolish. Look, the majority of white New Yorkers have been smart enough to see that obedience earns them freedom. By barring the disobedient from our public spaces I'm hoping that they recognize that they really have no choice but to comply with our decision that vaccination is for their own good."
In Los Angeles, the City Council voted unanimously to bar unvaccinated people from entering supermarkets. City Council President Nury Martinez labeled de Blasio's passport scheme "an incomplete measure. People can survive being banned from eating out, working out, or going to the theater. As long as they can by food they can thumb their noses at our request that they take the shot. By closing that loophole we will starve them into submission."
Councilman Mitch O'Farrell emphasized "we are at war with this virus. All must be united in support of our efforts to eradicate COVID. Ideally, everyone would voluntarily comply with our directive and get vaccinated. But since we're not seeing universal obedience we are forced to take stronger steps to achieve the goal of 100% vaccination." O'Farrell admitted that "even barring access to supermarkets isn't total control. Unvaccinated people could still beg for food from others or eat out of garbage cans. I believe a rigorous enforcement effort by City police can interdict most of such attempts to skirt the law."
In Washington, DC, President Biden is said to be exploring the possibility of requiring proof of vaccination to cross state lines. "The heroic actions of leaders like Mayor de Blasio and Council President Martinez should be an inspiration to all patriotic Americans," Biden said. "They are going the extra mile to prevent the spread of COVID. I can't leave them out on a limb. We need to take action on a broader scale. That's why I am now conferring with constitutional experts to see if I have the authority to bar the unvaccinated from carrying the contagion across state lines."
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ken), an admitted opponent of government tyranny, disputed Biden's characterization of these oppressive measures as "heroic. They are encroachments on the liberties of the people without good cause. Threats aimed at inducing people to submit to the experimental vaccines are the actions of dictators. Free travel between the states was one of the reasons why the US Constitution was implemented in 1789. The President has no legitimate power to decree that a vaccine passport is needed to enjoy this freedom. Stopping travelers and demanding to see their papers is the kind of intrusion on freedom we saw in Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union."
In related news, an outbreak of four new cases of COVID in the Australian Capital Territory led the government to put 400,000 inhabitants under house arrest. Chief Minister Andrew Barr explained that "the only way we are going to eradicate this virus is by minimizing human-to-human contact as much as possible. This is especially necessary now that the vaccines seem to be losing their potency against the COVID variants."
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