by Alex Parker
On Thursday, ABC talkfest The View delved into the ongoing issue of masking.
And according to Meghan McCain, people are sick.
Will we ever escape the pandemic?
Will life ever return to normal?
Those may constitute trick questions â according to co-host Whoopi Goldberg, there might be a way âout of this,â but that could require the abnormal continuation of masks.
Amid discussion of the CDCâs renewed call for face-covers, Whoopi asked Meghan, âAre theâŠmandates gonna be the only way out of this? Is it really gonna come down to, finally, âEverybody, put on your masks. We donât care what you sayâ?â
McCain made an assertion with which many would surely agree â D.C. is ridiculous:
âWhen the mask mandate was re-enacted in D.C., I think I was just surprised because D.C. has one of the highest vaccination rates in the country, as well as having one of the lowest hospitalization and death rates. Itâs very, very, very small.â
So whatâs that say for the rest of us?
Nothing good:
âI think if youâre gonna enact these mandates in a place like D.C., if D.C. isnât gonna enough in any of this, then I guess no other state will (be).â
Still, other areas are taking a very different approach:
â[M]y home state of Arizona, Gov. Ducey signed a law saying there will be no mask mandate in Arizona, and there will also be no vaccine passport.â
âSo I think at this point,â she continued, offering talk of science and death rates.
Then Meghan interrupted herself with something a bit more, perhaps, instinctive:
âLook â I think this is stupid.â
Brass tacks:
âI donât wanna wear a mask anymore.â
And whatâs going to happen in the fall, if thereâs a strong flu season and other variants?
It could be a real mess.
And part of the mess, to her, is mixed messaging:
âI had always been really trepidatious about what the future held because I felt like I had been â if not lied to, if thatâs too extreme for all of you, just been given wrong information that was just amended and amended throughout this entire pandemic.â
That ainât just whistlinâ Dixie.
In March of 2020, America launched into 15 Days to Slow the Spread.
Those 15 daysâŠhave spread.
Following the science has turned out to involve a path less than perfectly straight:
Video: Fauci talking out of both sides of his mouth. The mask charade is over. What a fiasco! pic.twitter.com/JHJJ5ijReS
— Justin Hart (@justin_hart) July 27, 2021
So how much longer can the country live in COVID mode?
Meghan seems to think weâre approaching a breaking point:
âThere areâŠcitizens of this country that arenât going to do this. They arenât gonna stand for this. And I do think what youâll end up seeing is a completely divided America where people who donât wanna live under these kind of restrictionsâŠno matter the judgement of people on this panel and people in politicsâŠare willing to take that kind of risk and live in a place that is freer.â
On the other hand, she surmised, â[W]eâll see other people that are more comfortable living in places like D.C. and New York and California, that will continue to probably have mask mandates forever and probably [have] some form of lockdowns going into the fall.â
The division does look to be great.
In some ways â if not caused by COVID, at least assisted â we as a nation appear to be withering away.
Psychologically and sociologically, the masks arenât making us more well:
Nightmare: Nation's 5th Largest District Sends Kids Back to School Following a Pandemic – of Suicides
https://t.co/8QTzdKGloL— RedState (@RedState) January 25, 2021
Back to Meghan, she was direct:
âAmerica isâŠmentally, emotionally, and spiritually sick, as well as having the virus of COVID.â
Many say McCain isnât so conservative, but in this case, sheâs most definitelyâŠright.
-ALEX