States Push Back Against COVID Technocracy
When COVID-19 was unleashed upon the United States in early 2020, many state and local governments quickly imposed a wide range of tyrannical restrictions on the American people. These included lockdowns, limits on public gatherings, business and church closures, and mask mandates. These restrictions were driven primarily by state governors, but also by state and local public-health officials, many of whom were unelected, and even Republican-controlled states were impacted. The results included widespread suppression of individual rights and significant damage to people’s livelihoods.
One year later, state legislatures across the nation are acting to ensure this does not happen again. Already, a majority of states have passed legislation in 2021 limiting the power of state and local officials to impose lockdowns, mask and vaccine mandates, and other tyrannical “public health” actions, thereby pushing back against COVID technocracy and government overreach.
According to a September report by Kaiser Health News (KHN), 26 states — more than half — enacted legislation this year limiting government public-health powers in some form. Additionally, the report found that three additional states had limited public-health powers through non-legislative means, including state supreme court rulings, executive orders, and ballot measures.
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