Testing positive, suddenly the “abundance

of caution” light came on, the shadows of

Plato’s cave were again highlighted, and everybody

thought they knew. It didn’t matter if it was a

false positive, or that there might maybe be nothing.

It was something. Maybe there was a sneeze, there

might have been a sniffle, or a temperature, we don’t

know anything for sure, and suddenly, masks weren’t

optional.

But confidence was high.