Tucson Opinion: A misleading way to frame the vaccine issue | Local Editorials and Opinion

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The following is the author’s opinion and analysis:

Star author Jonathan Hoffman, in his August 29 opinion article entitled “What Exactly is Herd Immunity?

“There is no denying that the sum of all the knowledge and wisdom of all people leads to better results than an authoritarian ruler surrounded by a bunch of really smart people.”

What a misleading and loaded way of formulating a problem. Not only does the statement have nothing to do with the realities of vaccine policy, it also has nothing to do with every word in the previous column. Hoffman says the problem lies between the “knowledge and wisdom of the people” and an authoritarian figure. Of course, if you put it that way, people win.

Merriam-Webster online defines “authoritarian” as “relating to or promoting a concentration of power in a leader or elite that is not constitutionally responsible to the people”. It doesn’t matter if there are “really smart people” around authoritarian leaders. They govern arbitrarily, often bizarre, and are not restricted by responsibility. President Biden is not an authoritarian leader. Dr. Neither does Anthony Fauci.

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