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A funny thing happened on the way to the prom.  Actually, a funny thing happened when you got to the prom at Exeter High School in Exeter, New Hampshire a few days ago.

Turns out that either you were vaccinated and could show proof, or you were “branded” with a number on your skin via a Sharpie that identified you as one who was not vaccinated before you were allowed to enter.

If you were “numbered” you were then tracked throughout the evening.  After every three or four dances you were required to raise your hand so that undergraduates(aka minions) could trace your whereabouts relative to others. Not to worry where you were in the ten minutes in the interim.   Jeez.  This would provide contract tracing to anyone in the future if need be.

Sure it would.  Can you imagine “contact tracing” accuracy in a big room filled with active adolescents?

All of this utter nonsense occurred, it really did.  And more.  They also left the list of student names (first and last) with the info on whether they were vaccinated or not on a table outside after the prom.

New Hampshire Rep. Melissa Litchfield, who represents the Brentwood district, heard it loud and clear from some of her constituents.

“I find it absolutely unbelievable that the administration was allowed to treat the kids like prisoners in Nazi Germany,” one person told Litchfield. “Marking them, thus singling them out, and then having to raise their hands is beyond tolerable.”  Strong feelings, and a bit over the top with the Nazi comparison, but we get the point.

“First the school could be looking at lawsuits for violation of Hippa [HIPPA] rights,” the constituent continued. “They have no business asking for a vaccine card.”

If a student tests positive for COVID in the week ahead, all the “numbered kids will miss graduation and all their senior week activities per the school’s contact tracing policy.”  We’ll show you!

Where does this end?  Should we “brand” children with STD’s?  Aids? Flu?   Where are you ACLU?

The slope is oh so slippery.

Maybe this was but one school going rogue.  Maybe it wasn’t.

Back in the day, individual rights were fiercely protected.  Now, you have a follow the herd mentality.  Do as the government says or else.

Never mind that the chances of a teenager getting very sick from COVID-19 is roughly 1 in a million.

Never let freedom get in the way of “the science.”

We should follow “the science,” er, the government.

Sheep.