Half the country wants us to be more like China (Thomas Friedman, are you there?)

China prepares for another lockdown if the common flu “gets too severe”.

But don’t worry, these are just contingency plans, “and nothing is imminent.”

Here in America, the Washington Post takes note, with disapproval, that a sizable portion of America will not again go gentle into the progressives’ next new night:

Covid backlash hobbles public health and future pandemic response.

“Health officials and governors in more than half the country are now restricted from issuing mask mandates, ordering school closures and imposing other protective measures or must seek permission from their state legislatures before renewing emergency orders, the analysis showed. The movement to curtail public health powers successfully tapped into a populist rejection of pandemic measures following widespread anger and confusion over the government response to covid.”

Fight.