We’re Not Ready for Things to Go Back to Normal, if They Ever Can
We’re easing restrictions too soon.
My boss wants to throw a party next week. He wants to invite everyone who’s had their vaccine, no masks required. “Are you sure that’s a good idea?” I ask. “Can’t we still spread the virus?”
“I don’t think so,” he says. “Nobody’s said anything about that.”
“Um, I’m saying something right now.”
“Well, you can stay home.”
His problem is simple. My boss thinks things are going back to normal. He’s like millions of other people around the world. He’s been ready for this pandemic to end ever since it began, and that’s exactly why it’s still going. Our desire for normal is prolonging the torment.
Some of us don’t even care.
Every day I drive by restaurants with full parking lots. Friends of friends post pics from maskless birthday parties at packed dance clubs.
To them, the pandemic isn’t even real.
We’re Reopening too Soon
Texas just announced they’re reopening restaurants and bars at full capacity and lifting their mask mandate. Mississippi is doing the same. Ohio is allowing gatherings of more than 300 people. Michigan is expanding its…
