@jensimmons I sadly have some dear old, old friends, people I have long thought of as among the most moral and intelligent people I know, who are eating in restaurants without masks, masklessness grocery shopping, etc. “It’s just here now.” “Life is full of assaults anyway.” “It felt so good to not have the mask.” Etc.

If these are the most moral and smart?

I feel like I don’t even know them anymore. It’s like what toxoplasmosis does to mouse brains, and they lose their fear of cats.