With the Smoke Cloud of Doom parked over the nation’s capital, we are now getting advice from officials to wear N95 masks–outside. Needless to say, given the non-trivial risk of long COVID, even for the fully vaccinated*, one should be wearing a mask in indoor public places. Which leads us to this facepalm-inducing Twitter incident. Shot (with a smoky flavor!):

Chaser:

There’s something else masks can protect you from too!

Given the haze, I could probably get away with declaring “It’s five o’clock somewhere right here.” It’s so frustrating…