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This last weekend was the most normal I鈥檝e felt in a while. We were back attending mass at St. James downtown, most of the choir was back, the congregation was singing along 鈥� masked up, of course 鈥� and I almost shook Father Ryan鈥檚 hand on the way out (I caught myself just in time).

That鈥檚 how close to normal it was.

Then I got home later and started going through the news feeds, and I hear a report from the CBS news desk about a second night of , where dozens were arrested in what police are calling “anti-lockdown disorder” after a new partial lockdown went into effect last week, following a major surge in coronavirus hospitalizations.

I鈥檝e been to the Netherlands a couple of times and it tends to be a very orderly country. They tread lightly on drugs and sex, but a study last year found that when it came to COVID, people essentially locked themselves down, without being forced to. The 鈥淚ntelligent Lockdown鈥� they called it 鈥� motivated by people wanting to do what was best for the country.

But it didn鈥檛 prevent COVID from spiking again and filling the hospitals. And when the government declared a mandatory lockdown, out came the rioters, setting fire to bicycles in the bicycle capital of Europe! That鈥檚 how angry they were.

Same thing in Belgium 鈥� thousands marching in Brussels, to protest vaccine passes, which keep unvaccinated people out of bars. So these are all sober people, and they still got out of control.

And that鈥檚 not all.

CBS reports that in nearby Austria, which has some of the highest rates of COVID and lowest rates of vaccination in Europe, thousands took to the streets of Vienna on Saturday after the government announced a full nationwide lockdown starting Monday, as well as mandatory vaccine requirements starting in February.

At least the Austrians were orderly 鈥� except for a few people who brought out their Nazi swag and got arrested.

But if people in these normally compliant countries are out of patience, I can only imagine what would happen here if we have to respond to another spike.

So please, even if you feel life is getting back to normal, keep protecting yourself, in whatever way works best for you. Because, number one, all of us here at 成人X站 love people who listen to radio, and we don鈥檛 want to lose you. But also because another spike could lead to more mandates, at a time when all of us — especially parents stuck at home with fidgety kids — are about to snap.

So, if we love freedom, and I know we do, then staying healthy is not just good medical advice, it’s also our patriotic duty.

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