And at the rate we’re eliminating choices for free peoples, free to choose might become a worthless talking point from the almost worthless talking point it is today.  And just who’s at the forefront of this phenomena? The usual suspect: our government. 

Let’s begin with the Mesa County School District 51 Board of Education. The obvious way one could dismiss their take on “choice” is to simply say its school of choice policy isn’t really school of choice since the only choices they allow are schools in the district. Even if you choose a charter school, it’s still governed by District 51. But charter schools only stay in operation as long as the elites in charge of the public school system allow it. Charters are meant to be revoked. It’s how government works. Ask anyone who’s ever had a contract with the government. They’re just words. 

Forgive me if I don’t believe our local school board and administration when they say we have freedom to choose to wear a mask or not. First, it’s simply an allowance to keep them from being harassed (deservedly) about district policies. Every word in the board policies is purposed toward making kids wear masks. We have masks mandated in some of the “pods” already and we’re barely two weeks into the new school year. Visitors must wear masks. Kids are already being made to stay home and quarantine, putting them even further behind than the insane policies of the past two years have done. 

Did you know any of that? Probably not. Because if the board told us what they were doing with appropriate communication and outreach, the majority would never accept it. What do you know? The small percentage of belligerent parents who are disrupting meetings and all the good work the board and administration are trying to do. Then again, that work is also the best kept secret in Mesa County because it’s basically the tenets of BLM, Antifa, RAW and critical race theory — just not word for word so they have cover for what they’re doing in our schools. 

Truth is, everything our D51 board of education and administration are doing is to remove choice from parents and kids. It’s a giant funnel that will only result in making “vaccinations” mandatory to have a job, attend school or participate in any way. 
It will happen sooner than later. 

How about our Mesa County government? When it isn’t busy with another declaration the equivalent of Escaped Ferrets from Household Prison Month or on a listening tour, it’s basically acquiesced control to the health department. If you don’t believe me, try being a health care worker who believes they have the freedom to get a shot or be employed where they prefer. I don’t want to say collusion, but I don’t know of another word that fits given the mandate of getting a “vaccine” to keep one’s job. Especially considering there’s nowhere else to get a job — which all began with a joint press conference of our hospitals and health department. 

And it will now spread across the industry, especially after the non-approval “approval” of the first shot by the FDA. I’ve never heard of a drug “approval” coming with the caveat of “the hope of creating more mandates” until this experiment. But that’s what will happen. You can argue about how a private business can do whatever it wants. But let’s be honest, health care is basically a quasi-government/private business combination. Where do you think health care providers get a huge percentage of money? Medicare and Medicaid. Don’t think for a minute that wasn’t mentioned when the industry was told to “consider” mandates. 

It simply had to be. Because without it, there’s no reason for the mandate. Have you seen any reports of outbreaks in hospitals or health care facilities — I mean, since the ones Democrat governors created that killed untold thousands? Are any super spreader events tied to them? Are medical facilities even specifically tracked on the county website? One would think yes, but they aren’t. And to think all of their great track records were accomplished with the help of unvaccinated workers. 

That’s not even getting to the obvious point of health care workers not wanting the shot. Yet, the government is advocating firing and keeping people from working in health care — a field woefully understaffed, according to all recent accounts.

Sadly, the main factor behind all these mandates is government force. How long will it be before that same force will have doctors saying they won’t treat the unvaccinated? How long before hospitals say they won’t treat the unvaccinated? How about no school participation without the shot? I have friends who believe that’s how it should be. And no one loves forcing those beliefs like politicians and bureaucrats. It’s job security and votes. I’d have no problem with these entities destroying their businesses if folks had other places to go for services. But monopolies don’t work that way. 

This will result in the biggest government-backed discrimination since Jim Crow. I expect to be a victim at some point. As should you. To tyrants, freedom is just another victim of COVID.