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Why Biden is Wrong about Vaccine Mandates
Biden wants to force businesses with more than 100 employees to require vaccines. Biden is wrong to issue such and order. When government—at any level—issues a vaccine mandate, it is requiring individuals to get vaccinated or else. In this context, or else means being prohibited from working for any business with 100 or more employees….
I Don’t Want the Freedom to Choose
On March 2, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott lifted his mandatory face mask order. Beginning March 10, Texans will be free to choose to wear a mask or not while in public. Some business owners were not happy with the governor’s announcement. Danette Wicker, the owner of a boutique shop in Fort Worth, said, As a…
The Vaccine for an Infodemic
Merriam-Webster states that an infodemic typically refers to a rapid and far-reaching spread of both accurate and inaccurate information about something, such as a disease. As facts, rumors, and fears mix and disperse, it becomes difficult to learn essential information about an issue. Since the beginning of the COVID pandemic, Americans have been overwhelmed with…
Rights do not Conflict
The pandemic has exposed how widely misunderstood concepts like freedom and rights are. Many claim that rights conflict, and policy must balance there rights. For example, in a piece titled “COVID brings front and center the tug between individual rights and the public good,” the author writes: Why should anyone be allowed to spread a…
The Burden of Proof
Imagine for a moment what would happen if the government declared, “Since every individual has the potential to commit a felony crime, we are going to incarcerate everyone.” There would be outrage, protests, and defiance. “That is unjust,” the protestors might proclaim. “You are treating innocent citizens the same as actual criminals.” Yet, in principle,…
Ghate Discusses his White Paper
On August 3, Onkar Ghate, ARI senior fellow and chief philosophy officer, was interviewed his white paper, “A Pro-Freedom Approach to Infectious Disease: Planning for the Next Pandemic.” Ghate argues that government has a crucial role to play in a pandemic, but that role should be delimited to testing, isolating the infected, and contact tracing….