No, You Can't Have Pandemic 'Amnesty'

The offensive demand to disregard the past

On October 31st, The Atlantic published an article by Professor Emily Oster that has generated an immense amount of outrage and discussion.

The subheading summarizes the purpose of the piece, which is to “forgive one another for what we did and said when we were in the dark about COVID.”

While there’s certainly an argument to be made that moving past pan…