Commentary California has been the tip of the spear for novel pandemic policies. My home state’s failures are legion, and it would be tedious to recount them all. For an aerosolized respiratory virus the safest place to avoid contagious spread is outside in the open air. Once we realized that the coronavirus spread in this fashion rather than by respiratory droplets, opening the windows in classrooms would have done more for schools than plastic barriers that impede airflow. California boarded up outdoor basketball hoops. We closed the beach—sunny and windy, open and spacious—probably the safest place on the planet. Then there was this brilliant move: With these and other inane maneuvers, kids were forced indoors where viral spread was much more likely. The leading sheep of a flock, known as a bellwether for the bell on its neck, tells you which way the flock is headed. California still serves as …
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