I don't think any of us knew there was a draft to leak.
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CDC Used Phone Location Data to Monitor Churches and Schools to Determine Whether Americans Followed Covid Lockdown Orders
Exactly what I was thinking.
I disagree. The perpetuation of anxiety for mask believers is driven by the media. It is totally dependent on how the media will be adjusting the dial. True believers will not set themselves free unless an incident occurs to make them see otherwise.
This certainly was a curve ball.
In 2020, gas was $1.79, and the shelves were full.
It is a numbers game. For instance, where I live, most people simply never fell for it, so an outdoor mask mandate was never implemented. The indoor mandate was dropped a month ago. In the first week you could see some believers still sticking to their masks, but since they were in such a clear minority, they were ashamed and dropped them in the second week. The media is still trying to drum up masks, but they can’t fight critical mass.
All the mandates were dropped about six weeks ago here and I would say that about 25-30% of folks are still masking up here. It is mostly the older, frailer folks (for whom it actually does make sense to wear N95s for personal protection) but also a whole lot of perfectly healthy university aged kids which does not make very much sense.
I am still ordered to mask up at work because it makes perfect sense for healthy, fit military personnel to be utterly terrified of COVID. It does not bother me that much because I will be out of there by August.
I think that it is important to understand that we have been living in a completely different media universe in Canada. Every single major media outlet was on message through this whole thing. The only reason I found out any differently was through reading forum posts on a weightlifting educational resource site of all things.