At a certain level, it's understandable that nearly two years of pandemic-related restrictions have people fed up and desperate to get back to some semblance of normal life.
But that's no excuse for the premature and dangerous declarations by elite commentators and vote-scrounging politicians that the crisis is over. For them and their social circles and fellow ideologues, perhaps it is over. Many live in a bubble that has protected them from the worst ravages of COVID-19.
For millions of Americans, however, it's not nearly over.
