I’ve been warning over the last 13 months about the slippery slope we are on as we’ve watched our freedoms being pushed away from us under the flag of “safety for all.” I am horrified to see that this has led down the road to fascism in the form of a “vaccine passport.”

It has been stated by a famous Democratic politician that a “good crisis should never go to waste.” And, this crisis is no different.

Let me start with a few things that others will probably get wrong about me. First, I am in favor of safe and effective vaccines. Because the Coronavirus vaccines were released under emergency conditions, I have been closely watching the safety profiles of the four coronavirus vaccine manufacturers. We are still not out of the woods, and there are still a number of questions that need to be answered for those of us with severe allergic reactions to other vaccines or medications, but these vaccines are effective at reducing disease severity.

As a practicing physician with over 20 years of experience who was trained at The Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, I am dual boarded in Family Medicine and Obesity Medicine. Vaccines and preventative health for families and children is the bread and butter of my practice for the last 21 years. Vaccines are a wonder of medicine in the last 100 years. The ability of our nation to move forward with a series of vaccines to prevent illness in those at greatest risk is a modern marvel.

Second, I served as the chemical & biological warfare medical specialist for my AirForce Reserve medical unit. My job was to be prepared for all types of viral, bacterial and chemical exposures for the soldiers and pilots in my unit. I’ve spent years studying deadly viral, bacterial and chemical substances that can kill, maim and cause severe illness and appropriate prevention and treatment for those illnesses.

Third, I am strongly in favor of people making their own medical and person decisions. My job as a physician is to educate my patients on the risks and benefits and help them to make informed medical decisions. I completed a Health Policy Fellowship through the American Osteopathic Association and studied the effect of Health Policy on the individual and collective health freedoms of cultures around the world.

We know that by early summer, everyone in America will have been eligible for a vaccine. Between those who took the vaccine or those who have had COVID-19 infections, there is no doubt, herd immunity will have been reached and the danger from COVID-19 will be low. As of today, the CDC admits (though the deeply entrenched bureaucrat, Dr. Fauci, denies it) that those who have been vaccinated (and those who have been sick) are not getting sick and they are not passing the disease on to others. (1,2, 3)

This concept alone makes the idea of a Vaccine Passport a horrible idea, as it will have no impact on anyone and will destroy the freedoms we as Americans have experienced since the 1700’s.

A vaccine passport would determine your social suitability to engage in you everyday life.

• Want to get some groceries? Show your vaccine card.
• Want to get a burger at the restaurant? Show your vaccine card.
• I recently registered to attend a conference in Las Vegas, but you cannot attend if you don’t have a vaccine card.
• Want to go to a concert? Did you tell the government what vaccines you’ve had this month?
• Want to travel or take a cruise? “Vaccine papers, please!”

We cannot let government tyrants and media fear-mongers push us into accepting this horrible idea that we need someone’s permission to live our lives.

As Senator Rand Paul recently stated in an article that inspired me to write this blog post, “I know for a fact, they want to keep this power. We should never have let them take it in the first place in the form of lockdowns, mandates and closings.

“Now that we know those didn’t work, and that they intend to keep pushing anti-science, anti-freedom ideas, we must resist.” (1)

We were told last June that schools are safe for children, yet many are still closed. Families and children have been irreparably harmed in many cases. Learning has fallen to an all time low, depression and suicide are on the rise at an alarming rate.

All of this has been created under the guise of “worshiping at the alter of government power.” (1)

We know that Lockdowns, mask mandates and closures caused huge loss in jobs, businesses and homes. And, we know that they didn’t work. They were ineffective. And, in many cases harmful.

Get a vaccine if you think you need it or you want it. Then throw away your mask, demand that the schools open back up, and live your lives free of government mandate and interference.

In the words of Sen. Paul, “Burn your vaccine passport if they try to give it to you, and vote out any politician who won’t do the same.” (1)

Reference:

1. https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/healthcare/546412-we-must-resist-the-latest-covid-era-power-grab-the-vaccine
2. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33219229/ 
3. https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.488.4644&rep=rep1&type=pdf