Dispatches From the Fortress – Day 348

So California is today reporting 233 new deaths due to COVID-19. It was up over 750 a month ago so that's a good sign. I wonder how much of the change is due to vaccinations. My sense is that a lot of folks who didn't think they needed to wear masks or avoid large gatherings have quietly, without admitting out loud that they were wrong, backed off from those positions.

Not everyone, of course. There will always be some shrill person outside Costco, arguing with the door person that they have a God-given, constitutionally-protected right to walk into a private business with a naked face and buy toilet paper and a rotisserie chicken. But when I go out in public on those rare occasions these days when I go out in public, it sure feels like more folks are complying. Maybe it's just where I go.