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By Christopher Harper

As the news media rumbles and rants over the rise in COVID cases, including that of Doctor Jill, it’s time to prepare for an onslaught of information that provokes fear and misunderstanding.

I have many regrets about what I did during the pandemic. 

I wouldn’t come to Temple University because of fears that young people were incubators of the disease. 

I didn’t visit a friend who was dying of cancer. I didn’t keep in touch with friends who died because they couldn’t get the treatment they needed.

I waited in line for the first COVID shots—not protesting the inadequate features of the drugs and the many side effects of the shots. 

I didn’t try to stop the politicians from passing laws to make voting easier without showing up at a polling station. I believe these laws were responsible for Trump’s loss, one of the worst outcomes of the pandemic. 

Now, I’m making a pledge to myself and others.

I will not wear a mask. Various studies have determined that masks made little difference in preventing disease, except Dr. Tony Fauci continues promoting them. 

I will not get shots. When President Joe said he requested federal dollars “for funding for a new vaccine that is necessary, that works,” it gave me chills. After the pharmaceutical companies created remedies that didn’t work well, why should the taxpayers pick up the tab again?

I will not carry around a card that lists my shots.

I will not socially distance. I will boycott stores and companies that require masks and social distancing.

I will vote against anyone who closes businesses and schools. Only recently, national surveys show that math and reading skills have dropped dramatically, and school absenteeism is roughly 10 percent each school day. 

I will never retire to a nursing home where thousands of my fellow seniors died during the pandemic, a disgrace that still goes unpunished. 

Many of us learned a few things during the pandemic. You really can’t trust the media, and you really can’t trust politicians!

Fortunately, I live in central Pennsylvania, where many people share my sentiments. It was a relief when my wife and I moved here in March 2021 to find signs that said masks were optional.

Matthew Hennessey of The Wall Street Journal agrees with me. He wrote recently, “In hindsight, I can’t help but feel I sold my God-given freedom too cheaply. I won’t get fooled again.”