Posted on July 27, 2021. The infringement of the right to privacy in communications is a sore point for the U.S., which has been caught illegally tapping its citizens in its fight against terrorism. Now the majority party in the U.S. is ready to sacrifice this fundamental right to privacy to defeat another domestic enemy, those opposed to the COVID-19 vaccine. The first phase of vaccinations in the U.S. took place at an outstanding pace; it was the envy of the rest of the world with the exception only of Israel, Malta and the United Arab Emirates. Lockdowns were canceled fairly quickly thanks to the rapid deployment of infrastructure, partly due to Donald Trump, partly due to Joe Biden, and partly due to a clear motivation among the population, which decided the sooner it got vaccinated, the sooner it could return to normal.