{"id":80660,"date":"2022-01-18T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-18T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=80660"},"modified":"2022-01-16T13:12:59","modified_gmt":"2022-01-16T19:12:59","slug":"your-papers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.shotinthedark.info\/wp\/?p=80660","title":{"rendered":"Your Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Declan Leary, on Muriel Bowser’s vaccine mandate in the District of Columbia<\/a> – which isn’t all that different from the ones going into “effect” in Minneapolis and Saint Paul<\/p>\n

It is all the more concerning given the precedent we risk setting if we tolerate the vaccine mandates. As a number of conservatives have warned repeatedly these last few months, even begrudging compliance with irrational diktats issued by the Covidcrats gives the ruling class valuable strategic ground. Moving forward, we can only expect our government to become less sensible and more immoderate if we refuse to push back now. As TAC\u2019s<\/p>\n

Helen Andrews\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0last week, \u201cOnce Americans get accustomed to scanning a QR code every time they enter a building, there is no limit to the surveillance and nudges that can be built on top of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

So I don\u2019t know what to do here. I could easily comply; I have proof of the jab ready to go right on my phone. I need to show it if I want any part in so much of what makes city life good, worth living even under the rule of a Muriel Bowser and with a not insignificant risk of getting shot on a given day. (This\u00a0latter point<\/a>, by the way, calls into question the sincerity of the mayor\u2019s interest in preserving the lives of citizens.) But I am far from convinced that the benefits of compliance\u2014just like the benefits of enforcement\u2014will really outweigh the costs.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’m in about the same boat:\u00a0 I’ve had the J&J vaccine (chosen because it was alleged to be best at preventing hospitalization, which given that I had OG Covid in the spring of 2020 was my only actual concern).\u00a0 \u00a0I\u00a0could\u00a0<\/em>play the game.<\/p>\n

But I am not going to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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