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US Pandemic Mitigation Falls
Apr. 19th, 2022 05:57 pmJudge Kathryn Mizelle: Appointed by President Trump at 33 for a lifetime position on the Federal bench, confirmed by a minority of the Senate, rated "unqualified" by the ABA. And now the author of a ruling that rejects the CDC's authority to require masks on public transit during a respiratory disease pandemic.
The political coalition in favor of people being required or even expected to do anything in the way of pandemic mitigation had a tenuous hold from 2020 onwards, but with the improvement in conditions (hopefully enough to stay improved in the face of new variants that are some of the most contagious viruses in circulation period), that coalition has clearly started to falter. This judgment seems like a shattering blow. It's led to the lifting of mask mandates, like those on Boston's MBTA, that are not legally overturned by that ruling and are still recommended by the CDC.
The US wants to declare COVID "endemic" by fiat and hammer the give up button. Any further opposition to COVID-19 can be done with the spirit and effectiveness of libertarian individualism. Can only hope our surrender won't be too consequential.
The political coalition in favor of people being required or even expected to do anything in the way of pandemic mitigation had a tenuous hold from 2020 onwards, but with the improvement in conditions (hopefully enough to stay improved in the face of new variants that are some of the most contagious viruses in circulation period), that coalition has clearly started to falter. This judgment seems like a shattering blow. It's led to the lifting of mask mandates, like those on Boston's MBTA, that are not legally overturned by that ruling and are still recommended by the CDC.
The US wants to declare COVID "endemic" by fiat and hammer the give up button. Any further opposition to COVID-19 can be done with the spirit and effectiveness of libertarian individualism. Can only hope our surrender won't be too consequential.
