CTRL-F NOT FOUND: “PROTEST.” There’s not one reason California’s covid-19 cases are soaring—there are many. The story does mention that “people are becoming cavalier,” but doesn’t mention that one reason why people are becoming cavalier is that all the stern “public health experts” told us it was just hunky dory to turn out en masse in support of the right cause. That led to people taking the disease less seriously, which was a perfectly rational thing to do given the “experts'” behavior.

Plus: “Part of what’s driving the soaring case loads in Imperial County is the influx of positive patients from Mexico.”