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\nNOTE: The science hasn\u2019t changed. Not since yesterday, anyway. No, the politics have changed.<\/p>\n
When Democrats finally say the same thing Republicans have been saying for months or years, it\u2019s good. Even though it\u2019s still bad when Republicans say it. The exact same message is good and bad at the same time, depending on which political party is delivering it<\/p>\n
Yesterday\u2019s ban-worthy \u201cmisinformation\u201d becomes today\u2019s conventional wisdom. And then they wonder why we don\u2019t trust them.<\/p>\n
Journos and other Democrats hope that by the time the November elections roll around, we\u2019ll have forgotten what they\u2019ve done to us. We\u2019ll overlook how they mocked and ignored us for dissenting from their rhetoric. They think they can magnanimously agree with what we\u2019ve been saying all along, without ever admitting they were wrong, and we\u2019ll vote for them anyway.<\/p>\n
Is It Already Too Late for Dems to Abandon COVID Theater?<\/a> For almost two years now, we\u2019ve had propaganda pounded into our heads every waking moment:<\/p>\n \u201cWear a mask. Yes, we know we told you at first that you shouldn\u2019t wear a mask, but never mind all that. Get your shots, which will keep you from getting sick or spreading the virus, unless of course you still get sick and\/or spread the virus. Look, forget about our assertions of absolute truth yesterday, and just focus on our directly contradictory assertions of absolute truth today. You will listen to us, and the more we flip-flop and pretend we haven\u2019t, the more you will trust us. If you don\u2019t, you\u2019re a Nazi fascist insurrectionist who probably loves Trump, and we\u2019ll get you fired and ruin your life.\u201d<\/p>\n Believe it or not, this message has not worked. People are not convinced. And the more they\u2019re scolded, the more they dig in their heels.<\/p>\n Now there are cracks in the fa\u00e7ade. We\u2019re hearing it from Democrat politicians across the country:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n We are not going to manage COVID to zero. We have to learn how to live with COVID as we move from a pandemic to an endemic phase of this virus.<\/p>\n — Governor Phil Murphy (@GovMurphy) February 7, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\nHINT: Starts with a “y” and rhymes with “guess”<\/p>\n\n