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Dr. John's avatar

The most important metric in all of this IMO is health freedom, especially the freedom to say no to vaccines.

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Rebecca de Winter's avatar

I don't have that exactly, but I did run across this state by state analysis of COVID restrictions, which is probably an indication of health freedom. As you'd expect, red states generally gave COVID a lighter touch and blue states were more controlling: https://wallethub.com/edu/states-coronavirus-restrictions/73818

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# Health Freedom Rankings: Vaccine Mandate Resistance (All 50 States)

| State | Rank | Health Freedom Score | Notes |

|------------------|------|---------------------|--------------------------------------------|

| Texas | 1 | 95 | Bans all mandates, broad exemptions |

| Florida | 2 | 90 | Bans mandates/passports, broad exemptions |

| Montana | 3 | 85 | Bans discrimination, religious exemptions |

| South Dakota | 4 | 82 | High hesitancy, bans passports |

| Arizona | 5 | 80 | Bans passports, philosophical exemptions |

| Arkansas | 6 | 78 | Bans state mandates, religious exemptions |

| Idaho | 7 | 76 | Bans state mandates, cultural resistance |

| North Dakota | 8 | 74 | Bans vaccine proof, exemptions |

| Tennessee | 9 | 72 | Bans state mandates, religious exemptions |

| Georgia | 10 | 70 | Bans state vaccine proof, exemptions |

| Kansas | 11 | 68 | Bans employer mandates, exemptions |

| Utah | 12 | 66 | Bans non-FDA mandates, exemptions |

| Indiana | 13 | 64 | Bans state mandates, philosophical exemptions |

| New Hampshire | 14 | 62 | Bans unless threat, exemptions |

| South Carolina | 15 | 60 | Bans state mandates, religious exemptions |

| Mississippi | 16 | 58 | Anti-COVID mandates, strict school rules |

| Missouri | 17 | 56 | Bans passports, philosophical exemptions |

| Oklahoma | 18 | 54 | Bans state vaccine proof, exemptions |

| Wyoming | 19 | 52 | Bans school mandates, exemptions |

| Alabama | 20 | 50 | Limits mandates, religious exemptions |

| Iowa | 21 | 48 | Partial bans, religious exemptions |

| Nebraska | 22 | 46 | Some mandate resistance, exemptions |

| Louisiana | 23 | 45 | Partial bans, religious exemptions |

| Kentucky | 24 | 44 | Some exemptions, mixed policies |

| West Virginia | 25 | 43 | Strict school mandates, some resistance |

| Ohio | 26 | 42 | Partial bans, religious exemptions |

| Wisconsin | 27 | 41 | Religious exemptions, mixed sentiment |

| Michigan | 28 | 40 | Partial bans, religious exemptions |

| Virginia | 29 | 39 | Some exemptions, healthcare mandates |

| North Carolina | 30 | 38 | Partial bans, religious exemptions |

| Pennsylvania | 31 | 36 | Religious exemptions, some mandates |

| Minnesota | 32 | 35 | Religious exemptions, stricter mandates |

| Colorado | 33 | 34 | Religious exemptions, healthcare mandates |

| Nevada | 34 | 33 | Limited exemptions, some mandates |

| Illinois | 35 | 32 | Healthcare mandates, religious exemptions |

| Oregon | 36 | 31 | Strict mandates, limited exemptions |

| New Mexico | 37 | 30 | Healthcare/school mandates, limited exemptions |

| New Jersey | 38 | 29 | Strict mandates, religious exemptions |

| Delaware | 39 | 28 | Healthcare mandates, limited exemptions |

| Maryland | 40 | 27 | Strict mandates, limited exemptions |

| Vermont | 41 | 26 | Healthcare mandates, religious exemptions |

| Maine | 42 | 25 | No philosophical exemptions, mandates |

| Rhode Island | 43 | 24 | Strict school mandates, limited exemptions |

| Connecticut | 44 | 23 | No religious exemptions, strict mandates |

| Massachusetts | 45 | 22 | Healthcare/school mandates, limited exemptions |

| Washington | 46 | 20 | Strict mandates, limited exemptions |

| Hawaii | 47 | 18 | Healthcare mandates, strict policies |

| California | 48 | 16 | No non-medical exemptions, strict mandates |

| New York | 49 | 14 | Strict mandates, limited exemptions |

| Alaska | 50 | 12 | Healthcare mandates, strict policies |

*Data is illustrative, based on mandate bans, exemptions, and hesitancy trends.*

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wendy's avatar

NH is allowing transgirls (boys) to play on girls teams so no liberty for women.

Colorado just passed a law that makes it against the law to misgender someone so no liberty in your belief of biology.

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