Don’t Make the Same COVID Mistakes Again

September 08, 2023

It’s vital to recognize the many unforeseen consequences of school closures, business lockdowns, and mask mandates.

by Steven Greenhut Reason.com

A recent AP fact-check article declared as “false” claims by “conspiracy theorists” that mask mandates and other COVID-era policies are coming back. “With COVID-19 hospitalizations steadily inching up in the U.S. since early July, some on social media are falsely claiming that federal employees were told that…pandemic-era restrictions will start returning this fall,” it explained.

While there are few things I disdain more than conspiratorialists, one need not be given to complex theories about the Trilateral Commission and “dark-money” billionaires to recognize this possibility is not far-fetched. I’ve noticed people wearing masks again in airports. “Already, some U.S. schools and businesses have started bringing back mask mandates,” NBC News reported last week.