Originally Posted by
Mission146
What did I do?
I agree that Trump has always promoted the vaccines. As a matter of fact, on this one, I agree 110% with everything that Donald Trump said in that interview. I think that people should get the vaccines. After letting a large percentage of people effectively be my guinea pigs I made the determination, for myself, that the side effects were mild enough that I was better off with the vaccine than without and went ahead and got it. '
That said, I also agree with Trump (I think I just puked in my mouth a little) that getting the vaccine is 100% a personal choice and that those who do not want it should not be forced to get it (By the Government).
Further, I agree with Trump, to an extent, on vaccine mandates. I believe that the various levels of Government have the right to have mandates for their own employees. I believe that businesses have the right to demand that employees be vaccinated, if those businesses wish to do that, because that's all free association. I do not believe that the Government should have any hand in deciding the policies of private or public businesses and should not shut down any businesses for any reason, as they did in the early part of the pandemic.
Anyway, these have always been my positions and were my positions even last year. I have never wavered on any of these positions, aside from not taking the vaccine right away myself to eventually getting it. I was always opposed to the Government ordered shutdowns of businesses that the Government, capriciously and arbitrarily, considered non-essential.
At all times, I favored businesses to be permitted to have any masking/social distancing policies that the owners or operators of the business felt were appropriate and to NOT have any enforced on them by the Government.
The only Government ordered shutdowns that I thought that I even could maybe contemplate were extremely large INDOOR gatherings, such as sporting events and concerts held in arenas. Even with that, I was on the fence.
So, I have no idea what Mission146 you are talking about, but it's not me.