Wednesday 24 June 2026
Jonah Goldberg /

Backsliding Into Mask Mandates

The CDC brings 2020 pandemic policies in a vaccinated 2021.
Backsliding Into Mask Mandates

The CDC wants us to go back to wearing masks indoors, even if you’ve been vaccinated. This is where I get off. 

If you’ll forgive a little testifying, I’ve tried hard to be reasonable throughout the pandemic. I’ve bent over backward to give public officials the benefit of the doubt until proven otherwise.

Jonah Goldberg is editor-in-chief and co-founder of The Dispatch, based in Washington, D.C. Prior to that, enormous lizards roamed the Earth. More immediately prior to that, Jonah spent two decades at National Review, where he was a senior editor, among other things. He is also a bestselling author, longtime columnist for the Los Angeles Times, commentator for CNN, and a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute. When he is not writing the G-File or hosting The Remnant podcast, he finds real joy in family time, attending to his dogs and cat, and blaming Steve Hayes for various things.

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