![]() That may come in the form of a more streamlined digital vaccine passport system, as we’ve seen in places like New York and Hawaii (the good news is that these systems are struggling big time). It seems that the next steps for Oregon are obvious. There is zero science behind the idea of a COVID-19 vaccine passport. If the vaccine protects individuals from people who choose not to take the COVID-19 vaccine, then there is no particular threat to anyone but those who choose to opt out. ![]() COVID Mania has largely been nothing more than an excuse for politicians and oligarchs to accumulate more power. Second, if vaccines work to protect people from serious outcomes related to COVID-19, what exactly is the point of demanding that businesses force customers to show their vaccine papers? Yes, that was rhetorical. In fact, there is more evidence demonstrating that masks may act as a vector for disease transmission. There is no evidence that cloth masks help stop the spread of a submicroscopic infectious particle. The idea that there is any science backing a “papers, please” approach to “stopping the spread” is entirely baseless.įirst and foremost, there is no comprehensive trial that shows masks actually work at preventing COVID-19, so the premise for the mask policy is false. It would be worth seriously debating the merits of this authoritarian insanity if in fact Oregon could demonstrate that they were “following the science” on this issue, but it’s clear that this order has nothing to do with science, and everything to do with power and control. He has recently perpetuated the falsehood that schools are vectors for transmission. Sidelinger, a power drunk quack, made a name for himself in the state by demanding long-term closures of businesses and faith institutions. “We hope that Oregonians will not lie or cheat and put others at risk by forging a vaccine record if they aren’t vaccinated,” Oregon’s state epidemiologist, Dean Sidelinger, said in a presser with local journalists. And in exchange for “granting” systems the freedom to breathe fresh air, they will now be forced to show “proof of vaccination” if they want to participate in society. Oregon finally ended its *outdoor* mask mandate, a full year and a half into Covid Mania. “Oregon will allow people to go maskless outside but will require them to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 - and be able to prove it - to forgo masks in most public indoor settings,” the Oregonian reports. In rejecting the more practical and individual liberty embracing “honor system” approach that we’ve seen across the United States, the authorities in Salem are taking the fascist policy route. The state is now requiring individuals to display “proof of vaccination” if they’d like to take their masks off indoors, Oregon’s Health Authority has announced.įully vaccinated people in Oregon will have to show proof of their vaccination status in order to enter businesses and other facilities without a mask.īusinesses who don’t check vaccination status will need to maintain a mask mandate. ![]() It was part of the Games for Change 2013 Festival Babycastles Hall of Fame.If you want to participate in Oregon society without being forced to wear a mask, you better have your paperwork in order. Papers, Please asserts the potential of games to uncover new experiences and types of play. Once the player has finished examining a person’s papers, he/she drags the papers over to one of two large stamps – admit or deny – and stamps the verdict of the examination onto the person’s passport before handing it back across the counter. Depending on their country of origin and reasons for entering, immigrants may require different sets of papers, including entry tickets, government IDs, passports, and entry visas, each with its own set of seals and sets of information to identify. Using only a mouse, players examine sets of papers presented by immigrants in search of discrepancies between the documents and the immigration rules set out by the Arstotzkan government. Balancing border security with the needs of the family is uniquely human, creating a juxtaposition that is new and interesting. On a second layer, the player must simultaneously provide for their family using the salary earned from the job, which pays based on how many people have been processed through in a day. As the player stands on the threshold between two different countries, a unique perspective of immigration and border security springs out of the mundane task of inspecting papers. Papers, Please is a single-player “Dystopian Document Thriller” in which the player steps into the role of an immigration inspector in the fictional country of Arstotzka in the year 1982.
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