Commentary By Samuel Strait – February 19, 2022 I haven't spent a lot of time in Crescent City lately, as local inflation and a higher sales tax have sent me North for the most part to try and squeeze a few more dollars out of my self imposed budget. It was therefore, some what humorous to see the "virtuous" continue to wear their ridiculous Covid rags in an effort to remain relevant in the changing world of political science. I don't suppose the fact that they no longer have to look like fashion impaired burglers will have any effect on their willingness to continue to look silly. One of our more alert citizens has been badgering our local Covid Lord, Aaron Stutz, to produce his statistics that show masking has any beneficial protective or safety benefits what so ever. Stutz's response thus far has been silence. It is not as though he may have tried to come up with some sort of numbers, there just aren't any to be found that haven't been thoroughly debunked in short order. Actual science placed no reliance on masking as a suitable public health measure in a nonpharmacuetical world long before Covid ever ventured on the scene. After the world's experiences with such viruses as the swine flu, Bird flu, HIV, and a few others, Public Health examined over 200 scholarly articles on measures that might be taken to prevent the spread of a truly world changing, pandemic like virus in the general population. Masking, social distancing, and sanitation were not mentioned. The only consistently mentioned universal mechanism was total and individual isolation. Naturally this came in the form of lockdowns, but as has been quickly recognized in a modern society this is a "solution" that is impossible to implement successfully. Government, public health, and willing allies in the media; therefore, elected to implement measures that they knew going forward WOULD NOT WORK. This was amply displayed by those in government positions that were responsible for these travesties by their complete disdain for their own mandates and dictatorial policies. As the veil begins to slip, Democrat politicians are running for the exits. Only those that have invested too much in this clown show continue to grasp at their power to deceive. At some point in the not too distant future those that continue the charade of wearing a mask in public will become the "butt of gleeful humor". Those that continue to pretend virtuousness by wearing face decorations will become the object of wagging fingers just as they were fond of doing so during the "Greatest Propaganda Show" in the world as it winds down on its two year run. Progressive Democrats and like minded sheep will assuredly be the last "ticket holders" to that show. In the mean time, those of us that from the start recognized the absurd lengths that government would go to in order to deceive the public have remained stead fast in pointing out the deluded measures taken "to promote public safety". Contrary to a well known maxim about government, "if you want something done right, don't trust the government, do it yourself." Soon for those that love the idea of government mandates will notice that they will have become the laughing stock as those that are the most gullible. That day cannot come too soon.