What if we not only lost the war on COVID, but it was never really winnable? That’s increasingly what voters seem to believe—and for good reason, as a recent study suggests the limits of policymakers to control the virus through behavioral regulations.
In her Codebook newsletter, pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson looks at the abrupt retreat from COVID restrictions by Democratic governors and mayors, and tries to identify the source of the shift.
In blue states like New Jersey and California, as well as liberal cities like Washington, D.C., elected officials have rolled…