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Martin Hernandez's avatar

Josh, loved you on LR&C but missed the last few episodes and saw on the Dish that you had moved to Substack. So glad to have found your writing, a real breath of fresh air. During the reopening last year I picked up Uber driving (nights and weekends) for about six months and found it odd that as the city I drove in relaxed it’s orders I was still obligated to wear a mask while most of the riders I drove admitted to being vaxxd and boosted, as was I. It makes less sense now, as my daughter is riding the bus and attending school maskless. This pandemic has made me re-think my politics and I find myself drawn to a much more minimalist approach than our current set-up.

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D. Malcolm Carson's avatar

I think the transit mask mandates are probably playing a significant role in preventing the cities from getting back in their feet. Not so much that people have to wear them, but they convey the sense that it's not safe to be crowded public settings and as long as that's true people are not going to voluntarily return to the cities.

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