I’m willing to put up with a lot during a genuine national crisis, but I’m not willing to spend six hours on an airplane wearing a mask because some Trump supporter wants to “own the libs” by not getting vaccinated. You think the anti-vaxxers are riled up about new mask mandates? Just wait until the rest of us find out that schools won’t be able to open in September because of a surging delta-variant wave caused by anti-vaxxers who “don’t believe” in getting vaccinated against COVID-19.

Personally, I’m not currently in favor of actual vaccine mandates. But I am vehemently opposed to anti-vaccine mandates. Let’s let the free market sort this problem out. If an airline or a restaurant or an employer wants to protect the health of their customers or employees by requiring proof of vaccination or a recent negative COVID test, that ought to be between the business, its customers and its employees. When the government steps in and outlaws this sort of thing, well, that’s the sort of freedom-destroying nanny statism that True Conservatives are supposed to be against.

Normal life is about six weeks away and it will be perpetually six weeks away until we find a way to deal with the anti-vaxxers. By all means, continue the outreach. Persuade them to get their shots. But I’m not interested in the “reasons” anti-vaxxers don’t “believe” in vaccinations.