Maskless Among the Lemmings – WSJ

California finally opened up on June 15. We can actually set foot inside stores and restaurants without having to wear a mask. Freedom! And it s about time. More than 70% of California adults have at least one vaccine jab. The state s seven-day average number of daily coronavirus cases is down 98% from its peak in January. Herds can romp. It s over except, well, Gov. Gavin Newsom will keep his emergency powers.

In case he changes his mind about reopening, I made a trip to Trader Joe s to stock up on Ultra Chocolate ice cream. And yes, I see the irony of buying the least healthy item in a store stocked with expensive organic bruised bananas and dairy-free cashew cheese alternative mozzarella-style shreds. The parking lot was practically a showroom for Teslas and Prii.

I counted 50 shoppers, 49 masked. Did these people not get the unmasking memo? I was the only one not wearing a mask, and I was loving it. California is operating on an honor system, and though I m fully vaxxed, I wish I weren t. That very same day, Mr. Newsom was at Disneyland doling out $1.5 million prizes (taxpayer money) to 10 winners of a California vaccine lottery. That beats President Biden s Get a shot and have a beer. Lesson learned: Next pandemic, I wait to get paid.

via www.wsj.com

Very funny.