At this point, talking about Covid may give you dry heaves, but the left-wing media still loves it. In a recent Vanity Fair “Covid forever!” episode, the topic was “Anti-vaxxism” of Ron DeSantis:
“He was for the COVID-19 vaccines before he was against them, but now Florida’s governor is all-in on vaccine skepticism—and hoping to use the issue to outflank Trump on the right.”
Vanity Fair is appalled at Ron DeSantis’s “flip-flopping.” They are not so much concerned with Fauci’s, or other “experts.” Remember how Fauci said masks were useless before they were lifesaving? Or when getting a vax meant you would not get Covid, before you could only get a mild case, before you needed 5 boosters? Or when vaccines prevented the spread of Covid before they didn’t? Or when Covid originated on the wet market before it originated in the lab?
You may have thought “the experts” were just putting their finger in the air to see where the wind blows – but resist the temptation to come to such a conclusion. “The experts” were right every time. It’s “the evolution of THE SCIENCE” that made them appear to look like fools.
Now, Ron DeSantis is a very different matter. When he backed the vaccines early on, it was not because they were sold by “the experts” as being “95% effective.” Ron was only doing it “to share credit for a singular feat in President Donald Trump’s vaccine,” or something. Of course, by August 2021, the vaccines were proven to be much less effective than advertised. But please resist the logical conclusion that this was the reason for the Governor’s change in policy.
The only reason the Governor became “an anti-vaxxer” was because “anti-vaccine sentiment has surged among rank-and-file Republicans.” Which, by the way, did not happen because the vaccines failed to perform as expected. Even though we soon discovered that vaccines did not prevent you from getting Covid, or spreading it, “the sentiment” about them was never supposed to change (if you wanted to be friends with Vanity Fair, of course). Because getting vaccinated was never a personal healthcare decision. It was something you were required to do “out of solidarity.”
Let’s hear from Vanity Fair’s favorite history scholar and resident communist, Ruth Ben-Ghiat:
“Ruth Ben-Ghiat, a professor of history at New York University and author of Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present, sees DeSantis’s COVID-19 policies as part of his effort to use Florida as a testing ground for an American model of autocracy. Wearing a mask or getting vaccinated are acts of collective caretaking, she says. “Autocrats want to turn everyone against each other. They don’t want you to have solidarity. They want radical individualism. It makes people paranoid of the federal government. The real goal is to elevate their own [power and judgment].”
“Solidarity” is the concept that you know well if you have ever lived in a totalitarian country. There was a big Government holiday, celebrated on May 1st, known as a day of “workers’ solidarity.” “Solidarity,” which is a synonym of “unity,” was a famous Marxist slogan. “Proletarians of all countries, unite!” may be familiar to you as well. “Solidarity” and “the good of the collective” over individual rights is the hallmark of a totalitarian regime and is antithetical to a functioning Democracy.
“Collective caretaking” is the term the Bolsheviks used when they stormed the homes of “kulaks,” killed them, confiscated their property, and distributed it to “the people.” It resulted in massive starvation, killing millions. “Collective caretaking” was the philosophy behind Stalin’s “enemies of the state” extermination of his own citizens. “Collective caretaking” justifies any atrocity – because after all, it’s done “for the common good.” A person identifying as “a history professor” should know that – but she would rather have you believe that it is ”radical individualism” that you should fear.
US Constitution guarantees every American the right to pursue individual happiness. There is a reason for that – happy people make productive and self-sustained members of society who are more inclined to help those less fortunate, leading to society’s benefit overall. “Collective caretaking” under the barrel of a gun, as Ms.Ben-Ghiat, and her elitist media acolytes who want to run your life, are promoting, led to mass deaths in any country it has been tried. And, as the experience in China shows us, it did not reduce Covid mortality in any way.
Governor DeSantis left healthcare decisions up to the people, which it not only the Democratic way of governing but also the most efficient way to reduce mortality. Given extensive information (as opposed to the only side approved by the Government) people will make the best decision for their families. Treating people as the herd of uneducated bums who need to be told how to take care of themselves, as “the experts” have done, led not only to needless deaths, but also destroyed trust in the medical profession for years to come.
The media will continue to gaslight you into the belief that a leader refusing to mandate a completely useless vaccine is a totalitarian dictator. After all, they also want you to think that an election that didn’t go their way means the death of Democracy.
