There’s been a slight uptick in reported cases of COVID, and so now the very same people who supported the destructive lockdowns of 2020 and 2021 are back with new advice. Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina told the PBS NewsHour that people should consider wearing masks again “Certainly, at home, it works, if you want to reduce household transmission.” She did opine that it wasn’t necessary to now wear a mask when walking a dog but “just be distant of other people.”

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The New York Times didn’t waste any time quoting Jetelina under the headline:  “Amid Signs of a COVID Uptick, Researchers Brace for the ‘New Normal.”

Here we go again…