Some folks see today's CDC announcement (masks outside not needed) as a ray of hope. As someone raised under Communism, please allow me a pessimistic note. The Communist regime would occasionally throw a candy to the populace ("you may travel to Hungary without an exit visa")
but nothing in its essence changed. If we are ever to wake up from this nightmare, the pressure must come from the bottom up. Cosmetic top down adjustments are essentially meaningless. The wound is too deep, the moral panic too deeply ingrained after 14 months of fear mongering
Every single day I see people here in Central Florida (where no mandates have existed since September 2020) walking and biking with masks on in 90 degree heat. In most stores, I'm the only unmasked person. People don't listen to the CDC. They watch other people.
For the tide to truly change, one (or a combination of) three things must happen: a clear U turn and apology from our politicians and "public health" mandarins (don't hold your breath), broad, well reported on litigation (to a small degree now happening in Germany)
or massive protests (millions) that will force the governments' (plural) hand. Since Covid mass psychosis is a world wide phenomenon, what happens in the US is just a part of the picture. The end begins with you and me. No mask, no distancing, stand firm behind your opinions
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