Is COVID Safetyism Over? Some Hopeful Signs

A crack in the armor

The times, they are a changin'.

For years, most athletic events have taken place under the shadow of a positive COVID test. Sports leagues, international competitions and individual organizations created obsessive policies about testing, masking and isolation. Those policies, which did little to nothing to keep events "safe," primarily kept athletes from competing based on test results, even if they had no symptoms.

Remember the Michael Jordan "flu game?" The safetyism era of COVID policies would have forced Jordan to issue a statement on his gratitude for COVID vaccines while missing the game. 

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