Covid-2019 - 2022-02-21

We know all you want to hear about is the Ukraine crisis. But this is the daily Covid report, so we will point out that whatever war may be brewing in Europe, the war on the coronavirus is winding down. In the UK, Prime Minister Johnson has announced the end to virtually all restrictions, even the requirement to self-isolate. Canada is the only place in the world doubling down on "the last war." We point to a Financial Times editorial -- as far from the right-wing as you can get -- criticizing fellow Commonwealth nation Canada for its "illiberal" approach to the trucker protests ("illiberal" is the word the elites reserve to criticize nations ruled by supposed populists, like Hungary).