FEAR & LIBERTY

I was born in the 1920's, grew up in the 1930's, served in the military in the 1940's. I've been around for a while and have seen a lot of things, but NEVER have I seen anything like this. Scare tactics.

We had polio for years. Didn't know what it was. Lots of people were affected. Some died, some were crippled for life, some recovered with little or no after effects. President Roosevelt had it in 1922 after he was an adult. He was crippled for life. Polio was identified in 1953. Had a vaccine by 1962. It was eliminated by 1968. We never shut down the country and hid locked in our homes. 

We need to be very cautious not to let fear rob us of our God given rights as enumerated by the Bill of Rights in our Constitution. Ben Franklin said, “Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary security, deserve neither liberty nor safety.”