It’s time to stop living in fear and return to normal. It’s time we end all this unnecessary hygiene theater and go back to taking a shit and not washing our hands.
Personally, I’m tired of being made to feel guilty by COVID scolds when I come out of the Trader Joe’s bathroom, hands smelling of fresh fecal matter. As I go about my regular shopping routine of groping every single piece of produce, I can feel my fellow shoppers silently judging me.
Critics will say that American life is largely as it was pre-pandemic and that washing your hands after you poop is something you learn to do when you’re potty-trained. While it’s true that practically everything is open for business and mask mandates are being lifted in even the bluest states regardless of case numbers or risk to the immunocompromised and elderly, there is still a lingering specter of shame that casts a heavy shadow over those that choose not to wear a mask indoors or rub their soapy hands under warm water after taking a particularly explosive shit.
We need to stop with this tyranny.