Make the Tyrants Think Twice

 Over at The Federalist is an article by Gabe Kaminsky entitled Rand Paul Urges Lockdown Defiance: 'They Can't Arrest All Of Us'.

Sen. Rand Paul ridiculed President Joe Biden and other Democrats on Sunday for being “tyrants and bureaucrats,” floating further lockdowns and COVID-19 mask mandates ostensibly in response to the spread of the delta variant.

“It’s time for us to resist,” the Kentucky Republican said.  “They can’t arrest all of us. They can’t keep all of your kids home from school. They can’t keep every government building closed. Although, I’ve got a long list of ones they might keep closed or might ought to keep closed.”

“Nancy Pelosi, you will not arrest or stop me or anyone on my staff from doing our jobs,” Paul continued. “We have either had COVID, had the vaccine, or been offered the vaccine. We will make our own health choices. We will not show you a passport. We will not wear a mask. We will not be forced into random screenings and testings, so you can continue your drunk-with-power reign over the Capitol.”

Actually, I have been defying mask mandates since last July. I would go into a store, and force them to ask me to put on a mask. Sometimes they did, but more times than not nobody said a word. Oh, some people would stare with daggars in their eyes, but I didn't really care. Masks do nothing to prevent the spread of the virus, and I wasn't going to pretend it does. And you should too. Now, am I suggesting that you lose your job over it? Well, of course not. Pick your battles.

A related topic is this post from the American Thinker by one Mark S. Maker (a psuedonym of course) wherein he destroys the lie of asymptomatic spread. I have long contended that if you have the virus, it will trigger your immune system and that activity will raise your temperature. No temperature, no ability to spread the virus. Of course then proponents of the asymptomatic spread theory will point out that "Typhoid Mary" could spread typhoid fever without herself getting sick from it. True. But she is also the only person I have ever heard of doing this. So, if it happens, it must be an exceedingly rare occurance. In any case, you can find his post at The Biggest Lie About Covid.

Excluding the origin story of COVID, I believe the biggest lie in the handling of COVID is the lie around asymptomatic spread — i.e., you could have the virus and not know it and kill people. This has been the great distraction of COVID, and it is being used even today to distract from major issues.

For those who have been monitoring the research, we have suspected since fairly early on that having otherwise healthy people and asymptotic people wear a mask has no known benefit in preventing viral spread. Even the peer-reviewed journal articles on the CDC website testify to this. If this statement was true then and is true now, then how did the CDC come to recommend in April of 2020 that healthy people wear masks? Why does the CDC continue to recommend mask-wearing? Just as importantly, how did we the people come to believe that forcing healthy people to wear a mask might be necessary?

Why, indeed? I think the answer is to test how compliant the general public is. I think the general good will shown by the public during the early stages of the pandemic emboldened these wannabe tyrants to feel free to impose ever more and more onerous restrictions. At this point, I am hoping that the good will has run out, and that enough of us are defying this intrusion into our lives to make them think twice.