Have you noticed the Globe’s coverage of the 5^th anniversary of the COVID outbreak? It’s been casting a critical eye on some of the initial responses five years ago to the pandemic — and the subsequent orthodoxies that arose around those responses. From the Globe’s Emily Spatch earlier this month: “Six things we got wrong about COVID-19, from washing groceries to herd immunity.” Then there this from the Globe’s Chris Serres: “COVID lockdowns were a giant social experiment. Did they work?” Last but not least, from David Scharfenberg: “The case against Anthony Fauci.”

Cutting to the chase: the Globe is a liberal paper in a liberal state questioning many of the pandemic-era assumptions and policies once passionately espoused (and enforced) by liberal-establishment types – and it’s been refreshing to see the Globe tackle these issues. . … I guess at this point, for the sake of balance, I’m supposed to point out the right’s own Covid dogmas and blunders, from not wearing face masks at White House events to suggesting disinfectants might work to treat COVID, etc. etc. But I won’t go there.