Covid Ravaged South America. Then Came a Sharp Drop in Infections. South America was the epicenter of the Covid-19 pandemic early this year. Experts are trying to find out why new infections and deaths are falling so fast.

HELLO HAVE YOU HEARD ABOUT THE VACCINES?

I mean the article does say that, but it treats the reduction in cases due to vaccination like some inexplicable and shocking mystery as liberals are seemingly duty-bound to do these days. That makes it into quite a weird read. It’s like reading, “It’s unclear how the victim — who was wearing a bulletproof vest — survived getting shot by the bullet that hit him right in the bulletproof vest.”

This has all been deeply strange, and you can see it in the article where the author is forced to grapple with the fact that the vaccines work while somehow treating the idea like it’s just the darndest thing.