We need to speak up now, loud and clear, that we will not comply with contact tracing. Ventura County, California is already indicating that contact tracing will be used to remove people from their homes against their will. We need to make it very clear now that we will not comply and discourage other cities, counties, and states from following their example. Washington State is hiring social workers to care for children who will be removed from their families and placed in “Emergency Quarantine Centers” because they or their parents tested positive or were exposed. If you test positive for COVID-19 or a contact tracer tells you that you’ve been exposed, do not give up your contacts. The people you name will be forced to quarantine in their home separated from their other family members, and removed from their home against their will if they can’t do that. Note that this is if they are named as a contact. They don’t have to test positive or be tested at all for this to happen. Watch how quickly this will be used to punish those who protest or resist lockdown measures, such as business owners who choose to open before their state allows them to or protesters who gather at state capitals. The reasoning will be that they exposed themselves to possible asymptomatic carriers, and thus are potentially carriers themselves. They will be detained with no definite end to their detention and no appeals process and they will be separated from their children, all in the name of public health. What can we do about it? If there is enough backlash early on, before more states try to implement this, it will discourage many states from starting similar programs and potentially keep this from taking root. We need to be loud and clear. Please feel free to save this image and share it on other platforms or on your own blog, with or without my explanation. This needs to be a grassroots effort if we’re going to get enough attention to make a difference. The hashtag I’ve ch...