{"id":10046,"date":"2023-09-07T15:21:01","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=10046"},"modified":"2023-09-07T15:21:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T22:21:51","slug":"10046","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegonewsdesk.com\/?p=10046","title":{"rendered":"The Return of \u201cCOVID\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Original Article Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/the-return-of-covid\/\">The Return of &#8220;COVID&#8221; | Capitol Quagmire (electkevinkiley.com)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By Kevin Kiley<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCOVID\u201d is back. I use quotation marks as I\u2019m referring not to the virus, which never went anywhere, but rather to the\u00a0<em>era\u00a0<\/em>(as when we say, \u201cduring<em>\u00a0<\/em>COVID\u201d): the days, turned months, turned years in which our state and country became something unrecognizable.<\/p>\n<p>This was only a matter of time. Nostalgia for \u201cCOVID\u201d has been building among the Faucis of the world. Now, with an apparent uptick in cases, they are making their move. Fauci himself just took to CNN, and mandates are returning in force.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, LA Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer, a Fauci imitator whose insane decrees often previewed Newsom\u2019s next move, \u201cemphasized that the possibility of reinstating mask mandates remains a viable option.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Simply put, we will not let this happen. In fact, we already\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/the-resistance-grows-2\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">beat back<\/span><\/a>\u00a0one attempted Mask Renaissance by Ferrer. And our hand is much stronger now.<\/p>\n<p>We got Biden to terminate the national emergency \u2013 even after he pledged a veto \u2013 by passing legislation I sponsored in the House; and we got Newsom to do the same through unrelenting pressure (along with an assist from the infamous maskless Magic Johnson\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/newsom-and-magic\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">photo<\/span><\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Not to mention that anyone who even thinks about a new child mask mandate will have to answer for HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/justin_hart\/status\/1668702484309897216\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">bumbling response<\/span><\/a>\u00a0to my questioning. (\u201c<em>We never forced anyone to do anything<\/em>.\u201d)<\/p>\n<p>And then there\u2019s the track record. My home counties and others that rejected the Newsom Autocracy by adopting our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/the-health-communities-resolution-3\/\"><span class=\"has-inline-color\">Healthy Communities Resolution<\/span><\/a>\u00a0achieved dramatically better education, economic, and public health outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, we had a major victory at the State Capitol, foiling a plan to quietly kill the bill that makes child trafficking a serious felony. Once the Supermajority saw there would be nothing quiet about it, the bill was released from the \u201csuspense file\u201d and is headed for a final vote.<\/p>\n<p>Original Article Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.electkevinkiley.com\/the-return-of-covid\/\">The Return of &#8220;COVID&#8221; | Capitol Quagmire (electkevinkiley.com)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Original Article Link: The Return of &#8220;COVID&#8221; | Capitol Quagmire (electkevinkiley.com) By Kevin Kiley \u201cCOVID\u201d is back. 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