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We’re getting tired of too many Covid rules

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Skip the Useless Covid-19 Rules, Please — Faye Flam

A clutter of unhelpful pandemic rules is wearing people down. One-way systems in stores, outdoor mask mandates, ceaselessly cleaning groceries and packages — should these things be our top priorities for limiting the spread of Covid-19? 

Businesses are, of course, free to impose their own rules, but it's unlikely many would knowingly make shopping less safe. The fault lies with the public-health community for being too shy in talking about which rules don't help, leaving us with a tangle of rules and recommendations — and pandemic fatigue.

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Rick Santelli and the Dangers of Flouting Covid-19 Facts — Timothy L. O'Brien

The Return to the Office Gets Put on Hold — Justin Fox

Ignore the Noise. This Is a Classic Cyclical Recovery — John Authers

A Letter From 9 Million U.S. Expats to Janet Yellen — Andreas Kluth

AOC's Old-Fashioned Machine Politics — Francis Wilkinson

Spain Is Headed in the Wrong Direction — Ferdinando Giugliano

'Safe Harbor' Day Was a Definitive Rebuke of Trump — Cass R. Sunstein

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