LIFE OUTSIDE COVID HYSTERIA

    Many state and local elected officials here in the United States have taken the opposite tack relative to those in Canada, New Zealand and states such as California. These officials have worked to protect freedom of choice for individuals and shield businesses from federal mandates. Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon has encouraged voluntary vaccination and said: “Let us not forget the Wyoming way and work to be kind to one another.” The two state-funded institutions of higher education have made vaccinations available but not required for students who are back to in-person classes.
    These officials and their jurisdictions offer a counter-example to the notion that the sky is falling and that comprehensive restrictions and vaccine mandates are the only option. Individuals, especially those most at risk of COVID-19 complications, can respond and decide for themselves. If people want to go to an American football game, as tens of thousands do in Fort Collins and nearby Laramie, that is their risk to take.

   People getting on with their daily lives are of little interest to media outlets conveying the regime narrative and thriving on fear-mongering. These outlets in Canada—a three-letter acronym among them—know who butters their bread. They have barraged audiences in a unified manner and created a bubble of half-truths. For example, they pounced on the story that a 14-year-old boy died of COVID-19 in Alberta. He actually died of brain cancer, and there were a few low-key retractions, but the perception remained that children were at risk.