*Virginia Schools Sue Youngkin Mandate Making Masks Optional.*

Some parents might want to tell their children not to wear masks in school. That would be foolish of them, but they might.

Other parents might want to tell their children to stay safe in school, by not hanging out with dangerous unmasked and unvaccinated people.

It is impossible to give both kinds of parents their way. So which is more important? The ones who want to keep their children safe.

The "Covax" campaign, which was supposed to provide Covid vaccines to non-rich countries, has achieved only half its 2021 target, and has run out of funds.

The people of those countries, and indirectly the rest of us, will remain vulnerable until we vaccinate everyone with an up-to-date vaccine.

We have to hope that the virus has not started developing new variants to frequently to ever catch up.

A study of 1000 children whose parents were poor gave substantial funds to half the parents, and found that the children showed improved brain function.

This was, presumably, the result of using the additional income to correct problems in the families' lives.

Today's pervasive surveillance systems would quickly expose the secret identities of superheroes, if they really existed.

They can expose your secrets, too, and make you vulnerable to repression.

Many large store chains alter their internet prices in surprising ways based on tracking the customer.