We interrupt our normal fun of reading books and cooking delicious food, to talk of serious matters, matters which, if not addressed, will make it harder to enjoy our fun.

Let’s begin.

Please go ahead and ask me how I feel about vaccine passports. Or maybe you know me well enough by now to guess that my answer is, “No! No way! Bad idea! Not if I can help it!”

I’m not the only one. Bridget Phetasy, writing for The Spectator, foresees them as “a foregone conclusion in the United states — but not if I can help it. I’m going hard against it while there’s still time.”

Noting that our data resides all over the internet, she reminds her readers that even the most secure companies have let our business out of the pen like a wandering dog. And, “Why do we need these if the vaccines work? . . . Why are people so invested in controlling whether or not everyone around them has the vaccine . . .? Get your vaccine, stop asking everyone else if they got theirs — it’s none of your business — and get on with your life.”

Phetasy points out the likely “collaboration” between government and big business and just maybe you can recall an event or two in the last year that might make you use the word “collusion” when those two forces cooperate. In any case, we should listen up when she reminds us that passports are easier to fight now than later.

How wrong can it all go?

It all sounds too much like the Social Credit system now rolling out across China. According to Business Insider, the Chinese rack up points, or demerits, for actions as small as stopping at a crosswalk or walking the dog without a leash. Don’t we all want our neighbors to follow the rules, clean up after themselves? Might we like a point system to keep them in check?

Think again. Business Insider cites the surprises awaiting a lawyer who tried to come home from a business trip and could neither buy plane tickets nor apply for a credit card.

You can end up on a blacklist for “[s]preading fake news, specifically about terrorist attacks or airport security.”

Let me just ask: What is fake news? Actual lies, or stories somebody wants hushed up?

I hope you can see the many ways these intrusive and unnecessary “vaxports” will likely enslave you and your fellow citizens. But let me offer this clip from Naomi Wolf. She no friend of conservatives, but her antennae are really twanging on this issue, and she’s making the rounds of conservative shows, sounding the alarm.

What can you do?

First, know that you are not alone.

Second, support your state’s efforts to block this. Legislators in my state inserted language into a bill this week and, while results were not quite what I wanted, the fight is on. Open an account at Legiscan and you can keep track of bills and issues that concern you.

Calls and e-mails to legislators — this is how protesting and civic involvement is done in a civil society. I hear that your calls really make a difference.

You can find your elected officials here. I was able to track it all the way down to school board and fire territory, able to see meeting schedules and minutes.

Remember, it’s easier to fight it now than later.