Democrats’ Covid Hysteria Another Political Blunder
Democrats are committing political suicide. Just as our nation was staggering out of Covid Hell, singed but relieved, blue-government officials want to drag us back into the Inferno.
Americans will not take this well.
The mayor of Philadelphia has reimposed a mask mandate for inside spaces, to start within days, just five weeks after lifting said mandate. President Biden’s Centers for Disease Control has extended required masking for travelers on airplanes and other public transportation through May 3. Mayor Adams recently ruled that little children must continue to wear masks in school.
What can they be thinking? Do they not understand that Americans are ready to put this ghastly Covid chapter behind us?
A recent Axios/Ipsos poll showed that the vast majority of our country is ready to move on. Fewer than one in 10 respondents consider Covid a “crisis” today; nearly three-quarters of those surveyed say the virus is a problem, but “manageable.”
Americans are putting money where their mouths are, going back to pre-pandemic activities like eating out and traveling. Planes are packed and good luck booking flights for your summer vacation — everything is filling up.
Meanwhile, according to tracking data from the University of Washington in Seattle, the percentage of Americans routinely wearing masks today has plunged to 23 from 46 at the start of the year and 73 a year ago.
Americans aren’t crazy. They know that the most recent strain — OmicronBA.2 — is indeed highly contagious, but not deadly. For the vast majority, who have either been vaccinated or have already been infected with Covid-19, getting the new bug means suffering a runny nose or other cold-like symptoms. Unpleasant, yes, but nothing to fear.
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Published on The New York Sun
