By John Klar
Vermont’s vaunted standing as a leader in the COVID battle has been understandably tarnished by a recent upsurge in cases despite widespread indoctrination…er, vaccination. State Democrats have been howling for a new round of statewide mask mandates to correct—somehow—for failed vaccines. But pseudo-conservative governor Phil Scott has decided to kick the can…into the Legislature, which this week will decide if municipalities shall be empowered individually to impose, and enforce, mask mandates.
This latest turn of events again reveals the utter failure of Vermont’s progressive government throughout COVID, despite contrary winsome imaginings by Vermont’s increasingly deluded uber-elites. Rather than questioning the efficacy of useless vaccines or why cases skyrocketed despite mask use, Vermont’s leftists, who regard government as a divine protector, demand instead that Phil Scott doubles down and make everyone else join them in the useless ritual of masking. “Progressives” have abandoned entirely the concept of constitutional restraint.
To Governor Scott’s credit, he has stood firm on refusing to pass a statewide mandate, correctly remarking that it will not work to coerce those who have tired of coercion. Since the lockdown loosened up, many Vermonters have again grown re-accustomed to seeing unfearful human faces. More, the false narrative that COVID-19 is a deadly menace to healthy people—especially children—has lost its fallacious steam. But instead of simply holding the constitutional line against the deranged, Governor Scott has caved, offering the ludicrous proposal to delegate this decision to individual towns, of which there are 246…
