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Of all the catastrophic decisions that governments made in response to the Wuhan epidemic, mask mandates were the most mind-numbingly foolish. And they werenât harmless, either: we will be seeing the effects on todayâs children for many years to come.
As the midterm elections draw closer, mask mandates, along with other Covid infringements, have been abandoned almost everywhere. Apart from the fact that children are still forced to wear masks in some schoolsâa crime, in my opinionâthere are two major exceptions. The first is medical facilities. I had an operation this morning (reconstruction of an Achilles tendon) and thus had to don a mask for some hours. But I am willing to cut those folks some slack, if only because I hardly ever set foot in clinics or hospitals.
The second exception is airplanes and airports. By federal executive order, masks are required in airports and on airplanes, and flight attendants (on Delta, at least) begin each flight by absurdly instructing passengers to replace their masks between sips and bites…
