choose, they can still wear a mask. so i think this is the key then. we are in a very different place than we were even a couple of months ago. we are seeing cases declining. we have vaccines available widely for kids 5 and older. we know that one way masking protects the wearer very well. so our policies should adapt to the changing circumstances. you write in a new op-ed which i read today in the washington post, that we should all be aware of what you call the extremes. while we navigate the next phase of the pandemic. tell us what you mean by that. there have been two camps all along in the pandemic. one that s pro restriction and the other that s against, but actually, there is a large third group that s growing in size. and that s the group that says there was a time and place for restrictions, but now we re at a point when these restrictions need to start getting peeled back. and i think it s listening to this group, recognizing there are pros and cons, there are