shows are cancelling performances, saturday night live dropped its live audience and musical guests and the rockets rockettes cancelled the rest of their season. the long testing lines are back. we re also seeing a mini outbreak in congress. senators elizabeth warren and cory booker tested positive for covid. new restrictions in place in europe including another lockdown in the netherlands while closer to home here in washington d.c. the city s indoor mask mandate goes back into effect tomorrow morning with a stricter vaccination mandate for government workers. it s the same now familiar feeling of dread harkening back to march of 2020 when fear and confusion left so many of us stunned. the variant is likely to strain u.s. hospitals in a few short weeks but unlike two years ago, a vaccine is now available that