Thank you, Gato, for everything you're doing to deconstruct the rabid insanity we're living through. Unfortunately I tend to agree with CBD -- nothing can stop the train. I live in San Francisco, and as of Friday, I will no longer be permitted to enter indoor spaces (restaurants, events, gym, retail) without proof of vaccination.

If I may I'd like to share a short piece I wrote, inspired by this nightmare, that I think you and your readers will enjoy. Or find depressing, or both. Here you go:

https://staysafe.substack.com/p/looking-backward

Not sure what's to be done. Here in progressive paradise we have total conformity wrapped in condescending self-righteousness. Half the people on the streets are masked, and distance themselves from the unmasked when they pass. It's endless. And the now imperfectly-suppressed anger at the unvaccinated, who have evidently caused all the problems, grows daily. Not optimistic.