Public health officials aren’t the only COVID radicals

Published January 16, 2022 12:00am ET



Public health officials are undoubtedly responsible for the COVID-19 mandates and restrictions still plaguing many parts of the country. But they’re not the only ones to blame.

A new poll this week found that left-leaning voters support extreme restrictions and punishments for anyone who refuses to abide by them. Among self-identified Democrats, 78% support President Joe Biden’s unconstitutional private sector vaccine mandate; 59% support forcing the unvaccinated into mandatory home confinement; 48% support jailing or fining those who question COVID-19 vaccines on social media; nearly half support fixing tracking devices on the unvaccinated; and 29% support taking children away from unvaccinated parents.

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