Today's rant has been building and I seem to find myself more often yelling at the TV during newscasts, and it's about -- of all things -- vaccination passports.
I hear governors and commentators and legislators and people on the street objecting to the VERY IDEA of "creating division among Americans" by creating some sort of system to prove that people have been vaccinated against COVID-19 (or 21, or whatever variation we are on).
I accept that there is some small fraction of the populations that, for whatever reason, should NOT take the vaccine -- under 10 percent? -- but it's time for everyone else to get on board.
The misunderstanding of some people in this country concerning the idea of freedom lies at the heart of why we can't seem to get things done. The ship has sailed on the idea that Americans can pretty much do as they please. From traffic laws to "no shoes, no shirt, no service" to wear a seatbelt to drivers licenses to mandatory school ages to being cleared for a passport... the list of requirements is never-ending.
All of them, in some sense, create restrictions of some sort, and almost all of them benefit the larger society.
So here is one guy who will gladly favor some method of assuring those around us that we have done at least the MINIMUM in making everyone just a bit safer.
Politicians and pundits will always create whatever confusion and division in whatever ways serve them. To argue, somehow, that getting vaccinated is part of some mythical American freedom that never existed is criminal.
Just remember: you won't see any "no smoking" signs in church. Turns out that people know how to "act right" if the manipulators butt out.
End of today's pointless rant.
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