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Robby Soave details some of the incoherence of DC’s Covidocracy. A slice:

It would be hard to argue (khó mà tranh luận, khó mà biện hộ) that the mask mandate (bắt buộc đeo khẩu trang) was what kept delta deaths at bay, since all those masks failed to prevent cases from increasing. Widespread vaccination—which dramatically reduces severe disease and death—is the public health initiative that’s working well, not the mask mandate.

Yet [Mayor Muriel] Bowser’s administration leaned hard on mask mandates as a pandemic (đại dịch) prevention tool (công cụ phòng ngừa), even prioritizing (ưu tiên) them over vaccination in some curious cases. When D.C. gyms petitioned (làm đơn xin) the city government to allow them to require their customers to be vaccinated rather than masked, for example, city health officials said no.

Bowser’s decision to keep the mask mandate in place for schools is a perfect example of the government’s incoherent thinking about COVID-19 risks. While many school-aged children remain unvaccinated, they are at very low risk of a negative coronavirus health outcome—whether they are vaccinated or not. Elderly Americans who are vaccinated have much more to fear from COVID-19 than kids do, so it makes little sense (chẳng nghĩa lý gì) to link the withdrawal of mask mandates to the degree of vaccination among the kinds of people who congregate in a given location.

It is long past time to accept that COVID-19 is endemic and that there will always be some level of risk (rủi ro) associated with it. People can drastically reduce their risk by getting vaccinated, getting booster shots, or even practicing greater caution if they so choose.

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