Editor:
As I perused the June 30 edition of the NCJ, “After Roe,” certain phrases assailed me with their irony. I noted: “… those who believe in individual freedom …,” “… if you think we should have self-determination over our own bodies …,” “… the future of our inalienable rights hangs in the balance …,” “government should not be regulating our bodies …,” and “bodily autonomy is a right.”
Where have these authors and protestors been? For over two years now, individual freedom and bodily autonomy have been under a grave assault. Our ability to move and even breathe freely was severely curtailed by lockdown measures. A brand new type of vaccine has been foisted upon all of us, and pushed with an extreme degree of ugly coercion.
The COVID-19 mandates were, and remain, the most serious abrogation of freedom and bodily autonomy that we have been subjected to in our lifetime. COVID vaccine mandates sadistically forced many to submit their bodies to an unwanted medical procedure, in order to retain their employment, and thus their ability to procure food and housing, for themselves and their family.
Who was it that took the lead in this coercion? It was Democrats, progressives and other left leaning people. I was shocked to witness many people, who profess to abhor discrimination, embrace their own brand of bigotry, and start to vilify, bully and dehumanize those who stood up for freedom and bodily autonomy, as well as those who made a different medical decision than their own.
I was horrified to see the Democratic party, which I once considered the “lesser of two evils,” reject freedom and equality, and embrace authoritarianism and medical tyranny. This mad rush towards totalitarianism threatens the freedom and bodily autonomy of each and every one of us.
Amy Gustin, Ettersburg
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First of all, the COVID vaccine was long ago proven to be safe and effective. Secondly, please resist the urge to draw an analogy between COVID vaccination and abortion rights. It’s ridiculous to compare a highly contagious virus that can make other people sick (or even kill them) to a woman’s personal health choice. Critical thinking must be emphasized to a much greater degree in our schools and media, because this absurd analogizing needs to stop.
Lastly, numerous public health and safety laws (including mandatory vaccinations for kids, military personnel, etc.) have been on the books for many, many years. And almost nobody ever complains about those laws. Most of those objecting to the COVID vaccination (which has not been mandated nearly to the extent that, say, childhood vaccinations are) do so for purely political reasons. The likes of Donald Trump and Tucker Carlson (both undoubtedly fully vaccinated) put forth bad faith arguments for the purpose of dividing and conquering. They don’t believe their own nonsense. Not. For. A. Minute. Period.
I 100% agree with the author that humans are generally wimps when it comes to standing up for bodily autonomy for COVID shots; “my body my choice” is a medical right that relates to both COVID shots and abortions. During the COVID scandal and Roe vs. Wade, it has been quite evident mainstream news media brainwashes the masses. That will be nice when media and government brainwashes everyone for the good of humanity instead of for greed and corruption.
COVID (ie the flu) mRNA shot has NOT been proven “safe and effective” and has been proven dangerous and ineffective; whoever states the COVID shot is “safe and effective” is either misinformed or not telling the truth.
Yes, the vaccine has been proven safe and effective. No, COVID is not the same as the flu. Talk about misinformed. Good grief. Instead of getting info from the likes of Alex Jones and Tucker Carlson, try Johns Hopkins, the CDC, the Mayo Clinic, etc. You know, actual reputable sources.
And, again, drawing an analogy to reproductive choice is just plain stupid. Abortions aren’t contagious. Viruses are. Your abortion doesn’t put my health at risk, but you walking around unvaccinated does. Is that really so difficult to understand?