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COVID-19: Never Let Them Re-Impose the "New Normal"

I keep hearing that COVID-19 is back -- but of course, it never really left and likely never will. Case numbers and hospitalizations are ticking upward, something we're likely to see as a seasonal phenomenon from here on out.

I finally experienced the virus firsthand last week. I rate it zero stars, not recommended. As flu-type illnesses go, it was far from the worst I've lived through, but it wasn't pleasant.

I suppose I shouldn't complain. I've been getting off easy. It killed my mother in 2020, and last year, the other four people in my...