Masking Is Back, and Democrats Will Regret It – Noah Rothman, Commentary Magazine
Philadelphia County still meets the CDC s criteria for low transmission, but rates of infection are not driving the decision to restore masking mandates. If the many lamentations over society s failure to observe in perpetuity restrictions on social and economic life are to be believed, masking has become more a moral imperative than a public health initiative. For millions of Americans, 2022 has been a year marred by warfare abroad and economic insecurity at home. One of the year s few saving graces has been the pandemic s retreat. Eastern Pennsylvania s voters have been robbed of that small blessing. If a return to the bad old days of the pandemic is inevitable, millions more Americans will be similarly imposed upon.
In recent weeks, Covid had become so irrelevant to voters daily lives that it barely registers as a priority for them. Progressives are intent on reminding them that government can still take away that which they enjoy arbitrarily and without the consent of the governed. If they succeed, Democrats will regret it come November.
Masks today, masks tomorrow, masks forever — sounds familiar somehow.