LAL #008 — Vaccine Passports & Why You Should Worry

Don't get me wrong—I'm all in favor of vaccinations. But I hate the idea of vaccine passports.  Once we get accustomed to limiting access to public places, and goods and services, based on compliance with public directives about what's good for us, there's no telling where it will end. China uses a social scoring method to ration access to goods and services. Will we have "woke" ID cards to help allocate goods and services? A republic of virtuous people tends toward totalitarianism. Dissenters or contrarians can be compelled to do things the virtuous demand they do. Do you want a centralized version of the good life crammed down on your community? Just this week, Joe Biden declared gun regulation an emergency; the CDC called racism a public health threat.  Should we use the vast new powers the states have asserted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic to respond to these emergencies, too? Where's it end? --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/norm-pattis/support