

Dr. Anthony Fauci
This Christmas season it would be nice to be thankful for what we have, but the year 2020 will likely be one for the history books, a time when Americans saw many of their liberties either taken away or put in chains while a pandemic with a less than 1% mortality rate shut down the world. Since St. Patrick’s Day, we have had to celebrate holidays like criminals, hiding out with friends and family or isolating ourselves from society. Ironically, even our Independence Day celebrations were taken from us, and now Dr. Anthony Fauci suggests that it’s our very independence that’s aiding in the spread of COVID.
“[I]ndependent spirit in the United States of people not wanting to comply with public health measures has certainly hurt us a bit.”
There is a difference between responsibility and independence. On one side of the coin, those in favor of wearing masks and shutting down mom and pop businesses deem it a responsibility to humankind, to prevent the spread of a disease that is killing people. Flip that coin over, and some feel such encroachment on personal and professional freedom for a virus that has more than a 98% survival rate is a violation of our Constitutional rights. What real responsibilities are being neglected right now? Taxes, mortgages, credit cards, and car payments, to list but a few – and all of them become impossible to take care of when people aren’t allowed to work or keep their businesses open.
Citizens across the nation have balked since the beginning against governors issuing closures, lockdowns, and even curfews. But things have only escalated after more rounds of mandates were issued on states, and business owners struggle to keep their companies alive. Add to that the restrictions against families getting together over Thanksgiving – and now Fauci’s current warnings against socializing during Christmas and his suggestion that it’s our independence making COVID worse – and it shouldn’t be difficult to see why many people think there’s a much bigger agenda than trying to protect against a virus.
With less independence, citizens would be forced to rely upon the government for their basic needs. While Americans are often referred to as arrogant by other countries, it is our very independence, our freedom, and our liberties, that draw so many immigrants to our shores.
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