The main point of my column at the Libertarian Institute: Vaccine Mandates Are the Antithesis of Liberty
Paralyze the public with fear, declare that disaster is imminent unless we pass various pieces of tyrannical legislation, brand critics as “un-American” or threats to public safety, engage in witch hunts in justify the fear-mongering, etc. These are all the tactics that were used to sell the War on Terror to the American public, and they are now used to sell vaccine mandates. It doesn’t matter to anyone that cool-headed, rational facts never enter the conversation, once the emotions of the public have been hijacked.
The immediate goal of those who oppose vaccine mandates should be to hold back mandates long enough for enough members of the public to stumble out of the manufactured hysteria and listen to facts, which more are doing. It’s difficult for even a government to sustain a climate of fear, particularly if the fear is baseless. That’s why government tries to pass as many laws as possible when the fear is at its height. Governments understand that in a few weeks or months, no one will buy the “sky is falling” act.
