@politiconews: A Boston Globe story about a lesbian bar in Massachusetts loosening its mask mandate is getting so much attention that even members of Congress are paying attention. Have resentments around mask mandates and COVID-era lockdowns laid the groundwork for the political climate we're in now? The Playbook team has more on this story that has become pure catnip for the right.

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Requiring masks in bars in the name of protecting immunocompromised people is hypocrisy at its finest. It is fundamentally contradictory to impose a health precaution while simultaneously serving alcohol, a substance with well-established health risks. If someone is severely immunocompromised, a crowded bar may already be an unusually risky environment; and if someone has a contagious illness, they should stay home rather than rely on a mask to justify going out. The contradiction makes the policy more symbolic than scientifically coherent.