Mask mandates

Wednesday

Amber Duke

Covid restrictions are returning with a vengeance

Friends from my hometown are often shocked when they come visit me in the DC area and find that many Americans are still adhering to long-expired Covid restrictions. Thankfully I recently moved to the suburbs, but whenever I travel into the city — or even Arlington or Alexandria — for work, it’s not uncommon to see people driving alone in their cars with a mask over their face. People here still wear N95s into the grocery store, “socially distance” and otherwise behave like paranoid hypochondriacs.  We are now more than three years out from the start of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Friday

David Marcus

The last of the Covidians

They walk among us. The last of the Covidians. We see them every day, masked while walking their dog in the park, or alone in their car. We have that friend or loved one who badgers us about vaccines and boosters like a mid-level PR executive at Pfizer. There is also the social media warrior who will never admit they got anything wrong about lockdowns, that even with our economy and education system in shambles, we should be grateful. Let’s not forget the public health officials like Holy Saint Fauci, who we recently learned had a mega-millions windfall while Americans’ purchasing power plummeted into the poorhouse. “Oh no,” they warn, “don’t get complacent now! Winter is coming!