Letter to the editor: The reason why ‘the science has changed’

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“U.S. inflation jumped 7.5% in the past year, a 40-year high,” read an Associated Press headline recently. 

That’s terrible news, and it confirms what every American — but particularly lower- and middle-class folks — has experienced over Joe Biden’s first year: Everything is much more expensive. So that must mean it’s time for what Mark Alexander declared three weeks ago was just ahead: “Biden’s Big COVID Pivot.” Why? Because there is a midterm election to win, after all, and Democrats need to create a new narrative of having finally defeated COVID under the steady leadership of Joe Biden and his party. 

Oh wait, I think we lost more people last year than in 2020? That, not any devotion to science, is why several Democrat governors have finally yielded on mask mandates. First it was Glenn Youngkin of Virginia. Oh, wait, he’s a Republican, so lifting mask mandates was bad when he did it three weeks ago. Over the last days, Youngkin was joined by Phil Murphy of New Jersey and Ned Lamont of Connecticut and John Carney of Delaware and J.B. Pritzker of Illinois and Kate Brown of Oregon and Gavin Newsom of California. 

The difference is that they’re all Democrats, so lifting restrictions is great. Right? Announcing an end to mask mandates in these states is “driven by science, not politics,” the left media tells us, and shows that bold Democrat statesmen are leading the way “back to normal.” Really? Prior to this change in opinion about the masks, they said, “Everybody must wear masks,” in order to gain more power. 

Now, they’re saying, “It’s probably OK if you don’t wear masks,” in order to gain more power. They’re now switching their position so they have a chance of being reelected so that they can tell people what to do in the future. That’s the reason why “the science has changed.” This isn’t about science or data. In fact, death rates are higher in many of these states than when governors issued the mask mandates. It’s about politics, plain and simple. It was always about politics, which is revealed in part because the experts used to be pretty unified in saying that masks are not very useful for containing viral outbreaks. That was until Democrat politicians needed to show they were “doing something” for us, “the people.” I’m hoping after two-plus years of insanity that Americans will see what is really happening. If not for us then for at least our kids’ futures in America.

Norman Phillips, 



Woodland