With the rollout of the vaccine now actually happening the CDC has changed their page to now say that the vaccine+ masks+ social distancing are needed. New ads are going out on the radio stating the same. This is not about a virus.
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With the rollout of the vaccine now actually happening the CDC has changed their page to now say that the vaccine+ masks+ social distancing are needed. New ads are going out on the radio stating the same. This is not about a virus.
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Psychological conditioning.
3 things that I can think of.
First, it has some degree of plausibility behind it so the average person can say "ok, I can see that" and get on board.
Second (probably most importantly) it makes it VERY easy for the Karens. Just at a glance, anyone can quickly see who is playing ball and who is not and the busybody people will jump all over the non-compliant folks. If you want to keep your boot on someone getting some people to keep fighting with others makes like much easier.
And finally, facial recognition is minimally important these days. Keep in mind, cameras have already been branded racist by the Woke Mob (aka, the foot soldiers for the authoritarians). And, for the type of surveillance that the govt actually wants, facial recognition is mostly useless. Tracking people's phones and monitoring social media is a lot better at IDing Wrongthink than cameras. And if you really want to track someone on surveillance camera footage you can get things like gait recognition going.
One more thing: it reduces sympathy felt for people when you can't see their face. Social isolation is very important for demoralization.
Why do you need a mask to identify a person when everyone is carrying a tracking device in their pocket?
Even better, Gates and pals have unironically been pushing for nanomachines to be added to vaccines to "ensure your health" and "give a record of vaccination."
External controls are outdated.
Don't be surprised if soon we see some massive obvious false-flag on the scale of 9/11 that will be used to justify a legal and public national registry and tracking database.