I'm the person who was subjected to emissaries of the Church of the Holy Vax turning up on the porch of my house in a working-class neighborhood in New Jersey over the summer of 2021, to chat me up about various government "resources" (hurricane relief, free jabs) before asking me point-black if I'd had the covid vaccine, and also asking me to confirm my identity (which they already had on a little electric device).
Why?
Because I live in what was apparently identified as a "low uptake community,"* and the county government, in all their magnanimity, had decided that communities like ours were lacking in things like Information and Education about Salvation through the Miracle of Science. So they pulled lists of people who weren't on record as having participated in Vaxmass, and sent out missionaries in Holy Regalia (masks, badges) to "educate" us. The first time they showed up I didn't realize what was going on until after I had confirmed my identity, but before informing the missionary that my religious practices were none of her business. The second time I just asked if they had a warrant.
The whole thing was unbelievably stupid, arrogant, and offensive.
*"Low uptake community" is bureaucrat speak for "neighborhood full of dirty working class, poor, immigrant, and/or dark-skinned people who don't rush right out to obey when their betters tell them what to do."
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Why?
Because I live in what was apparently identified as a "low uptake community,"* and the county government, in all their magnanimity, had decided that communities like ours were lacking in things like Information and Education about Salvation through the Miracle of Science. So they pulled lists of people who weren't on record as having participated in Vaxmass, and sent out missionaries in Holy Regalia (masks, badges) to "educate" us. The first time they showed up I didn't realize what was going on until after I had confirmed my identity, but before informing the missionary that my religious practices were none of her business. The second time I just asked if they had a warrant.
The whole thing was unbelievably stupid, arrogant, and offensive.
*"Low uptake community" is bureaucrat speak for "neighborhood full of dirty working class, poor, immigrant, and/or dark-skinned people who don't rush right out to obey when their betters tell them what to do."