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Tom Shillue: The End of Hysteria Is Near; Messages of Sanity Are Starting to Appear in the Most Unlikely of Places Like ‘The Atlantic’

‘My fellow Americans, the end is near’

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SHILLUE: "But while the bad news agencies get their fix of fear, what do the rest of us do? And by rest, I don’t mean just Republicans or red states or MAGA country. I mean the growing number of average Americans who are waking up to reality. They’re going out to stores, to restaurants, visiting with friends, or, as the fearmongers would say, committing mass murder. So let me get on my soapbox for a minute and say, 'My fellow Americans, the end is near.' End of the world? No. Hopefully, the end of hysteria and fear. Messages of sanity are popping up in the most unlikely of places. Writing in 'The Atlantic,' Yascha Mounk, who I assume is a member of the media elite, I mean he is a professor who speaks four languages, he says, 'Omicron is the beginning of the end. Whatever damage Omicron might reek in the immediate future, we will, most likely, soon lead lives that look a lot more like they did in the spring of 2019 than in the spring of 2020.' Now, this is in 'The Atlantic,' guys. If they were any further left, they would be in oncoming traffic. So why is that encouraging? Because their readers need to hear it. They need to hear it more than anyone else. They have been basting in the juices of their own hysteria for two years. Also recently in 'The Atlantic,' Matthew Walther writes, 'Where I live, nobody cares about Covid.' Which is fair. Where I live, nobody cares about 'The Atlantic.' He says everyone he knows is going on about their lives, ignoring all of the dire warnings and restrictions coming from public health officials. 'Many, if not most Americans, are leading their lives as if Covid is over and they have been for a long time.' And I wholeheartedly agree.”

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