Commentary: DC Mayor Reinstates Mask Mandate Less Than a Day After Easing It

Less than 24 hours after easing coronavirus mask restrictions for vaccinated people, Muriel Bowser — the Democratic mayor of Washington, D.C. — reinstated mask mandates for them. Keep in mind that the Biden…

IJR SyndicatedMay 4, 20213 min read

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These latest imperious restrictions underscore just how absurd the coronavirus hysteria has become, thanks to the left’s

opportunistic weaponization

of a virus that’s not dangerous for the vast majority of people.

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Imagine thinking you live in a free country when you need permission from your municipal overlords before being allowed to walk outside or visit your mom without a mask.

Numerous scientific studies have concluded that you don’t have to wear a mask outside because the risk of outdoor viral transmission is negligible.

Nevertheless, the Biden administration and their media lapdogs are still nagging Americans to submit to nonsensical restrictions by wearing masks even when fully vaccinated.

Of course, virtue-signaling liberals often talk the talk without walking the walk.

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This is the oppressive, state-controlled bell jar the United States has devolved into, thanks to the Democrats’ antiscientific fearmongering.

Last week, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, a professor of medicine at Stanford University, urged public health officials to stop stoking panic because it’s causing long-term psychological, economic and physical damage to the public.

“The standard of public health practice isn’t to induce fear,” he explained. “It’s to produce calm and then help people make reasonable decisions.”

Bhattacharya warned that countless Americans will be grappling with the tragic consequences of the destructive, fear-driven policymaking for at least a decade.

Fortunately, many Republican lawmakers are fighting back against the pseudoscientific hysteria by easing some restrictions so people can feel a sense of normalcy again.

Bhattacharya praised Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, for his science-based, common-sense approach to combatting the coronavirus.

DeSantis said his only regret about his management of the crisis was indiscriminately following the advice of flip-flopping White House medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci, who issued overly broad, one-size-fits-all guidelines that unnecessarily restricted people’s freedoms.

This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.