I recently spent two weeks back in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was really nice to see my many friends there but the Community Mask Quotient (CMQ) is still way too high for my comfort level. It’s clearly a sign IMO that people are psychologically unwell. If you think that people walking alone outdoors or driving alone in their cars with masks & gloves on is a sign of strong mental health, then you probably are in the same camp as Christine h/t Larry.

On Saturday, on my drive northeast out of San Francisco (SF), I ended up talking with a longtime friend in Vancouver. He gave me his take on the state of things there and I shared my observations about SF. He shared how his son witnessed the recent death of a student at Point Grey High School. This is not being reported by the legacy media but the Grade 11 boy had a massive seizure and could not be revived. He added that “everyone is being very respectful by not asking questions”. I have a very different take on “why” people are not asking questions. Suffice to say, it involves a certain jab.

My friend is pretty middle-of-the-road politically and has long been focused on finding middle-of-the-road solutions. I’m not against this approach generally but do take a hard line on masking. It’s November 2022, not April 2020. How much longer are we, as a society, going to continue on with this Covid Theatre, especially given that the Danish Mask Study and the Bangladesh Mask Study strongly indicate that masking has had little to no effect. Plus, all of the masks-forever proponents completely ignore the massive damage masks have done to the learning abilities of children, as well as the general social fracturing they have contributed to. IMO masking needs to end and those of us with even a modicum of common sense need to set an example … as I did throughout my stay in SF.

So my friend’s insistence to find middle ground, followed by “what’s the harm of children masking in school every day?”, had us in a major disagreement, as I’ve outlined above. Masking of children must end. Period. That is not a “far right” stance.

As coincidences have it, this morning’s episode of their thrice weekly podcast, had Dr. Drew Pinsky & Adam Carolla discussing the topic. Pinsky referenced Dr. Vinay Prasad, who shared his thoughts on a very flawed recent study.