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SOME PEOPLE LOVE A STATE OF CRISIS

CAN’T WE GET back to some version of normal? That’s a fair question now that every American who wants a COVID-19 vaccine has had the opportunity to get one. But we still get breathless coverage of every variant and new rounds of travel restrictions, mask mandates, and vaccine document checks as if it were still the early days of the pandemic.

Why do so many people seem eager to fret

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