The Ayn Rand Institute (ARI) has turned against Ayn Rand. Our medical system is now completely under the thumbs of the government, and ARI, named for an inveterate enemy of socialism, is explicitly supporting it. Onkar Ghate, ARI's Chief Philosophy Officer, wrote a paper called ' A Pro-Freedom Approach to Infectious Disease' which he claims is "based on Rand's conception of liberty."

Todd Zywicki, a professor at George Mason University's Antonin Scalia Law School, is suing George Mason University over the university's COVID-19 vaccine mandate, arguing that he already contracted the novel coronavirus and believes he is protected due to natural immunity.