IN-DEPTH: Patient Advocates, Physicians Say ‘Don’t Give in to Fear’ About New COVID Variant

“This is clearly history repeating itself as far as an attempt to control the masses,” Dr. Richard Bartlett said.

A sign requesting that people wear masks hangs on a doorway in Tustin, Calif., on March 10, 2021. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

The headlines have returned: a new COVID variant may lead to the renaissance of enthusiasm for mask mandates.

Though some may be thinking, “Not again,” there are many who never stopped living as they did in those two years when fear—symbolized by the face covering worn alone while driving vehicles and even when exercising—became a religion heralded by media and public health officials.