Before we start, check out the latest in the Mystical Child series over at Glibertarians. Once that’s done: Here’s a good bit on the “masks today, masks forever” crowd. Excerpt:
To see just how deep this nation has plunged into a rancid broth of fear, take a look at this STAT-Harris poll taken after last fall’s election. It found that 75% of the public supported the idea of Joe Biden mandating mask-wearing, while two-thirds of Americans thought he “should ban gatherings involving more than 10 people.”
A March poll by the Morning Consult determined that “57% of voters said they would continue to fully adhere to precautions like mask-wearing and social distancing even if state requirements were lifted.” A poll taken earlier this week, with infections and deaths falling, and vaccinations rising, found that 42% still believe everyone in their “area should continue to wear masks outdoors regardless” of the Centers for Disease Controls new recommendations that say the fully vaccinated don’t have to mask-up outside unless in large crowds; 39% said Americans should follow the guidelines.
One would think that, given their popularity, masks would have been an effective prophylactic against the Chinese virus. But that’s not clear at all. We take readers back to a couple of passages with relevant links from an editorial we published earlier this month:
While we acknowledge that covering our faces might slow the spread of the coronavirus under some conditions, the Democrats continue to insist that masks should be worn even among the immunized. … This chart, using federal and New York Times data, shows just how useless state mask mandates – as well as lockdowns – have been.
It’s no outlier. Rational Ground, an organization that was set up to “answer to the flood of chaotic COVID-19 misinformation,” “found that states where people are told to wear masks actually have a greater spread of COVID-19.”
If this isn’t an example of what my kids call a “first-world problem,” I sure don’t know what is.
A good portion of the population has become risk-averse to the point of outright paranoia. Even the CDC is admitting that it’s time for things to go back at least towards normal, if not actually to normal, and several major retail chains, like Walmart, agree and have lifted mask requirements for customers who are immunized – and they aren’t asking for any proof of immunization.
But the teacher’s unions are still holding our kids hostage, and you still have to wear a face diaper on an airliner, regardless of your personal antibody status.
Still, here’s the part of this story that really chaps my ass:
To see just how deep this nation has plunged into a rancid broth of fear, take a look at this STAT-Harris poll taken after last fall’s election. It found that 75% of the public supported the idea of Joe Biden mandating mask-wearing, while two-thirds of Americans thought he “should ban gatherings involving more than 10 people.”
He can’t do any such thing. He has no Constitutional authority to do any of that. And 67% of the American public, including registered voters, are too stupid to realize that.
It’s getting harder and harder to remain optimistic.
