Slow Boring

Slow Boring

Back to normal means ignoring the CDC

Matthew Yglesias's avatar
Matthew Yglesias
Feb 26, 2021
∙ Paid
179
237
Share

As I wrote in Tuesday’s post, “‘Back to Normal’ isn’t a thing,” there’s a bit of a raging debate in the discourse about what “we” should say people ought to feel free to do after they get a COVID-19 vaccine.

David Leonhardt kicked this into high gear on February 19 with a column arguing that public health messaging about the vaccines has been bad, parti…

Keep reading with a 7-day free trial

Subscribe to Slow Boring to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives.

Already a paid subscriber? Sign in
© 2025 Matthew Yglesias
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture