{"id":10075,"date":"2022-02-10T09:55:28","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T14:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/?p=10075"},"modified":"2024-11-22T15:22:45","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T20:22:45","slug":"truckers-borders-and-vaccine-mandates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freethepeople.org\/truckers-borders-and-vaccine-mandates\/","title":{"rendered":"Truckers, Borders, and Vaccine Mandates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since the COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, governments <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweek.co.uk\/news\/science-health\/954905\/which-countries-have-mandated-vaccines\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">all over the world<\/a> have begun implementing mandates requiring citizens to take the jab. Some of these mandates, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/01\/13\/1072165393\/supreme-court-blocks-bidens-vaccine-or-test-mandate-for-large-private-companies\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the one<\/a> the U.S. Supreme Court just recently struck down, are tailored to certain subsets of people or only apply to people engaging in certain activities. Others are applied broadly enough that they\u2019re essentially a prerequisite for living a normal life. While some people might be in favor of mandating vaccination, others see it as a violation of civil liberties and are choosing to resist rather than comply.<\/p>\n<p>In almost every country that has implemented a vaccine mandate, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/protests-against-vaccines-covid-restrictions-110034948.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protests have followed<\/a>. In my view, these are all noble and worthwhile pursuits, but there\u2019s one recent protest in particular that could potentially have an enormous impact on the overall movement against these oppressive policies. The protest I\u2019m referring to is the large convoy of truck drivers that drove to the Canadian Parliament in Ottawa in an ongoing strike against a mandate that requires vaccination for all truck drivers that cross the U.S.-Canada border. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/canada\/canada-s-vaccine-mandate-for-cross-border-truckers-is-now-in-effect-1.5741561\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">mandate<\/a> affects roughly 20 percent of Canadian truck drivers, according to some studies. To make matters worse, the U.S. also has a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/us-vaccine-mandate-freight-drivers-coming-canada-may-exacerbate-auto-s-rcna12649\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">similar rule<\/a> in place.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>What began as an industry-specific strike against a specific mandate has turned into a much larger movement protesting the government overreach Canada has seen over the pandemic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The so-called \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/01\/29\/trucker-freedom-convoy-set-to-protest-justin-trudeaus-vaccine-mandates\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Freedom Convoy<\/a>\u201d has been condemned by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as a \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/freedom-convoy-justin-trudeau-canada\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fringe movement<\/a>\u201d that doesn\u2019t represent most Canadians\u2019 views. While it may be true that many Canadians disagree with the protest, the large amount of support the convoy has received implies it\u2019s not as small of a minority as Trudeau suggests. Since the convoy began they\u2019ve received <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyhive.com\/vancouver\/gofundme-freedom-convoy-money-released-tuckers\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">millions<\/a> of dollars in a GoFundMe account, and <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/trucker-convoy-protest-canada-covid19-191602029.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">images<\/a> and videos of long lines of vehicles and crowds of people supporting the protest have circulated on social media. The protest has also seen support from some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctvnews.ca\/politics\/conservative-mps-cheer-on-trucker-convoy-voice-opposition-to-vaccine-mandates-1.5754495\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">conservative politicians<\/a> in Canada, as well as a nod from billionaire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-01-27\/musk-lauds-vaccine-rule-protest-convoy-barreling-toward-trudeau\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Elon Musk<\/a> in a recent tweet.<\/p>\n<p>One of the main arguments against the vaccine mandate (and this could apply to the U.S. mandate as well) is that it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/economy\/canada-us-vaccine-mandates-for-truckers-threaten-worse-supply-chain-disruptions\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">exacerbate<\/a> the ongoing supply chain issues. At a time when store shelves are missing products and prices are rising, it seems like a poor decision to create another burden for our supply chains, especially considering the isolation that the job in question naturally entails. On a similar note, it never ceases to amaze me that the very people we rightly praised in 2020&mdash;truckers and health care workers, for example&mdash;are now being forced to choose between their occupations or their right to make their own medical decisions.<\/p>\n<p>In the days leading up to the convoy arriving in Ottawa, officials began to warn of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/trucker-vaccine-protest-leads-concern-over-canadian-lawmakers-safety-1674181\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">possibility of violence<\/a>, even though the organizers of the demonstration maintained that their intention was for a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.transportationnation.com\/truckers-planning-freedom-convoy-claim-protest-will-be-lawful-despite-social-media-chatter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">peaceful protest<\/a>. As is the case with any large group of people, it\u2019s entirely possible that some supporters of the convoy hold extreme views, but so far that hardly seems to be what the overall movement is about and as of now it appears peaceful. The protest began Saturday, January 29, 2022, but people began arriving on Friday ahead of the scheduled date with the protest expected to last all weekend.<\/p>\n<p>As I mentioned earlier, this is just <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-59925408\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">one<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2021\/nov\/20\/australia-covid-protests-threats-against-traitorous-politicians-as-thousands-rally-in-capital-cities\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">many<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2021\/12\/11\/tens-of-thousands-protest-austria-compulsory-covid-vaccines\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">protests<\/a> that have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/washington-dc-defeat-mandates-march-covid-vaccine\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">taken place<\/a> all over the world in response to governments imposing harsh public health measures, ostensibly for the sake of combatting COVID-19. While these protests receive little attention from the corporate media, that doesn\u2019t mean that they aren\u2019t significant, and we should all pay attention to these people who are taking a stand against what they deem are violations of their civil liberties. Whether you agree with getting the COVID vaccine or not, is not the issue. The underlying theme of these protests is that of personal choice and individual liberty.<\/p>\n<p>The vaccines <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realclearpolitics.com\/video\/2021\/08\/06\/cdc_director_vaccines_no_longer_prevent_you_from_spreading_covid.html#!\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">don\u2019t prevent<\/a> infection or transmission of COVID-19. What they do prevent is severe illness and death for those who choose to get vaccinated, and even that efficacy wanes over time without a booster&mdash;particularly when talking about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/variants\/omicron-variant.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">omicron<\/a> variant. Considering this, I\u2019m unsure how one can argue that these mandates are about safety when the chance of spreading the disease is just as likely in both vaccinated and unvaccinated people. The only danger caused by being unvaccinated, as well as any benefits (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-ncov\/vaccines\/safety\/adverse-events.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">or risks<\/a>) of being vaccinated, happens on an individual level, and therefore, deciding to take the vaccine should be an individual choice.<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s hope that the Freedom Convoy and other protests like it can remind our world leaders of that, and have a positive impact on medical freedom and more broadly, on liberty overall.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A massive movement of truckers protesting against vaccine mandates is taking place in Canada right 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