So I’m watching a few minutes of television - a sin I’ve avoided the last month, been a bit busy reporting, amassing data - and I am struck by yet another reason we need to stay grounded in reality here, need to remind ourselves these lockdowns must end as soon as possible...

The intensity of the propaganda effort to convince us “social distancing” is not just normal but heroic is overwhelming. (And led, of course, by @Facebook, which just so happens to be the world’s biggest beneficiary of it.) We’re all in this together, we are told...

As if shutting down society was an inescapable choice rather than a political decision - an effort of so far dubious usefulness to protect regionally burdened health-care systems at the cost of education and the economy...

NONE OF THIS IS NORMAL. None of this should be viewed as anything but the ultimate temporary stopgap, to be undone as soon as possible. The burden is on those who would lock us down, not the other way around. Please don’t let anyone convince you otherwise.