There’s been lots of talk about lockdowns lately. This issue, like masks, has become politically contaminated. It’s been one of the fascinating lessons of the Pandemic of 2020 – the recognition that issues that would seem to be ‘immune’ to political interference became instead potent partisan weapons. Consider two rather distinct reactions to the recommendation to don a mask when frolicking about in public. Citizen #1: Of course, I will mask up. This will keep me and others safer. In a small way, I feel I’m doing my part on the journey to the other side. Citizen #2: Mask? Hell no! Just more encroachment by the government to rule our lives. Similarly, locking down the economy, both here and abroad, has provoked bitter reactions from all sides. 'No mask for this patriot!' As I have written, I feel awful about the hundreds of thousands of businesses who have closed or are barely hanging on. I also feel that their plight has not been given the attention
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