Sorry, but I must play hardball this week. Paraphrasing the song words of Julia Michaels: I’ve got issues, you’ve got them, too. Give yours to me and I’ll give mine to you. I’m alluding to tons of call-ins about issues ranging from COVID to coyotes – and back again.
I’ll begin big-time by ushering in recalls of the Spanish flu … but in an upbeat way. Yes, that’s quite the contradiction in terms. However, it segues perfectly into my solemn search for signs of unmasking times on the C-19 horizon.
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