It has long been clear to anyone with a discerning mind that many of the measures supposedly meant to curb the virus are mostly just for show. At best, they are psychological protections, designed not to make people safer but to make them feel like they are safer. A video went viral over the weekend which reveals the charade in striking fashion. An unnamed DOJ official can be seen preparing to walk before cameras for a press conference. Right before taking the stage, he puts on his face mask. Once he has traversed the 20 feet expanse between the side of the stage and the podium, he takes it off and begins speaking. The mask served little practical purpose, other than as a sort of placebo for the viewer’s benefit.
The problem is that this kind of COVID theater often goes from mere annoyance and absurdity into outright cruelty. Here is the latest blood boiling example: A young family — mother, father, and daughter — were kicked off of a United Airlines flight, and initially banned from future flights, because the daughter wouldn’t wear a mask. She is two years old. Her parents were so desperate to get the girl to wear her mask that they tried physically holding the material over her face as she wiggled and squirmed to get away. Their efforts were not sufficient from the airline’s point of view, so they were escorted off the plane and humiliated. Most major airlines have the same requirement — that every passenger 2 and up wear a mask for the entire flight — and similar episodes have unfolded around the country over the past few months.
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