THE LATEST FROM THE ALARMIST PRESS is that we must mask up and vax up because The Covid is growing. Thankfully Captain Obvious is alive and well in the comments:

FEAR is the entire point.
People who aren't fearful are free.
People who are fearful will do whatever they're told.
-- dfp21

Commenter dfp21 is exactly right. The whole purpose of this nonsense is to keep the sheep in the pen even though the gate is wide open.