{"id":2582841,"date":"2026-03-23T10:58:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T14:58:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-lorenz-wants-to-bring-back-masking-in-the-name-of-basic-solidarity-were-6-years-into-a-pandemic\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T11:00:58","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T15:00:58","slug":"taylor-lorenz-wants-to-bring-back-masking-in-the-name-of-basic-solidarity-were-6-years-into-a-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/taylor-lorenz-wants-to-bring-back-masking-in-the-name-of-basic-solidarity-were-6-years-into-a-pandemic\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Lorenz Wants to Bring Back Masking in the Name of &#8216;Basic Solidarity&#8217;: &#8216;We&#8217;re 6 Years Into a Pandemic&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftaylor-lorenz-wants-to-bring-back-masking-in-the-name-of-basic-solidarity-were-6-years-into-a-pandemic%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2582841&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>This piece offers a sharp, satirical critique of media figure Taylor Lorenz and the Code Pink Cuba trip, arguing that her lockdown-era demand for masks is hypocritical and out of step with current realities. It contrasts Lorenz\u2019s warning to travelers to wear masks with Code Pink\u2019s Cuba visit, which the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/walz-pick-puts-2020-lockdowns-and-riots-on-the-2024-ballot\/\" title=\"Walz Pick Puts 2020 Lockdowns And Riots On The 2024 Ballot\">author portrays<\/a> as hypocritical and performative, aided by memes and tweets from critics who call out the group\u2019s luxury behavior and political theatrics. The article contends that six years into the pandemic, masking has lost central importance, and it mocks the idea that <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >showing \u201cbasic solidarity\u201d requires worldwide masking<\/a> in all settings. Through a barrage of social-media references and commentary, the author portrays Lorenz and the broader left as lacking self-awareness on health optics and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/virginia-dem-says-masks-are-political-signals-so-forced-masking-violates-1st-amendment\/\" title=\"Virginia Dem Says ... Are Political Signals, So \u2018Forced ...\u2019 Violates 1st Amendment\">political virtue signaling<\/a>. The piece ends on a sardonic note, suggesting an absurd eulogy about masks at a future obituary, underscoring its view that the debate has become preposterous.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>I regret to inform you that Taylor Lorenz is still around, and so are her face diapers.<\/p>\n<p>Lorenz &mdash; media pundit, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/libs-tiktok-doxer-gets-keep-job-new-conditions-made-work\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">disgraced Washington Post tech journalist<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-smiling-nyt-wapo-vet-says-felt-joy-insurance-ceo-assassinated\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Luigi Mangione stan<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wapo-reporter-blamed-libs-tiktok-random-threats-defends-alleged-ceo-murderer-mangione-morally-good-man\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">all-around sociopathic ninny<\/a> &mdash; has gone viral for embarrassingly bad reasons again. This isn&rsquo;t particularly news; in fact, rouse me when she goes viral for something <em>good<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, it&rsquo;s the embarrassing hill that she&rsquo;s planted her flag on, one which stopped mattering years ago: She believes if you&rsquo;re traveling, &ldquo;you should be wearing a mask&rdquo; due to COVID, and if you won&rsquo;t do such things in the name of &ldquo;showing basic solidarity, you are not a serious person.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Now, there is some context here &mdash; and it manages to be almost as fatuous as Lorenz&rsquo;s posts, although it&rsquo;s rather stunning that Lorenz managed to top it on the fatuousness-meter. See, far-left protest group Code Pink just went to Cuba in support of the communist state, where they reportedly engaged in all kinds of hijinks &mdash; including taking down the electrical grid for a concert, staying in five-star hotels in a desperately poor nation, and generally making Code Pink-esque buffoons of themselves:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING &ndash; All patients on ventilators at a Cuban hospital died after the Irish band Kneecap used massive amounts of electricity during a &ldquo;humanitarian performance&rdquo; for fellow communists, while the performers and activists stayed in a five-star hotel with power. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Swsg2ai4yX\">pic.twitter.com\/Swsg2ai4yX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Rightanglenews\/status\/2035709861204308243?\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container=document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Incredible.<\/p>\n<p>The Code Pink\/Hasan crew flew 1st class to Cuba to lecture people re how Communism is actually great and all their struggles are because of America. They were already being ridiculed for staying in a 5-star hotel. Now the power grid has gone out for everyone else. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OABtqewTQe\">https:\/\/t.co\/OABtqewTQe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AG (@AGHamilton29) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AGHamilton29\/status\/2035570591810355394?\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">&#128680;BREAKING: Code Pink leftist activists are heading to Cuba to tell people living under communism how terrible Trump and America are.<\/p>\n<p>I wish Cuba would keep them. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hYROVwFfto\">pic.twitter.com\/hYROVwFfto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; I Meme Therefore I Am &#127482;&#127480; (@ImMeme0) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ImMeme0\/status\/2035059624840221044?\">March 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But, as you&rsquo;ll notice, they&rsquo;re not wearing any masks. Granted, that&rsquo;s because COVID was six years ago and they didn&rsquo;t work in the first place. But of all the things Lorenz could have been Not Happy&trade; about regarding Code Pink&rsquo;s commie junket, this is what she decided to turn her attention to.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;If you&rsquo;re traveling to Cuba or any impoverished community, or just generally, you should be wearing a mask,&rdquo; she wrote on Sunday. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re 6 years into an ongoing pandemic and airborne disease is real no matter how many &lsquo;leftists&rsquo; want to scream and stomp their feet and shout RFK talking points.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s really so easy to not infect and kill ppl around you. No one is saying u have to be perfect, but if you respond to disabled ppl asking you not to kill\/maim them and other vulnerable folks by having a meltdown instead of showing basic solidarity, you are not a serious person,&rdquo; she added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It&rsquo;s really so easy to not infect and kill ppl around you. No one is saying u have to be perfect, but if you respond to disabled ppl asking you not to kill\/maim them and other vulnerable folks by having a meltdown instead of showing basic solidarity, you are not a serious person<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Taylor Lorenz (@TaylorLorenz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TaylorLorenz\/status\/2035814301265760477?\">March 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are takes and then there are <em>takes<\/em>, and this one definitely deserves the italics.<\/p>\n<p>Assume masks worked at some point during COVID. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fauci-belittles-mask-review-gets-demolished-author-study-responds-simply-doesnt-make-sense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/despite-insistence-by-democrat-politicians-and-medical-elites-empirical-evidence-does-not-conclusively-show-that-masks-reduce-the-spread-of-covid\/\" title=\"Despite Insistence by Democrat Politicians and Medical Elites, Empirical Evidence DOES NOT Conclusively Show that ... Reduce the Spread of COVID\">evidence doesn&#038;rsquo<\/a>;t point that way<\/a>, but let&rsquo;s just live in Lorenz-land for a moment here.) This may have been something to get yourself in a tizzy about in the autumn of 2020 &mdash; but it&rsquo;s March of 2026. We&rsquo;ve gotten to the point where <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/covid-hangover-new-research-suggests-schools-havent-recovered-lockdowns-academic-numbers-devastating\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID is just another flu<\/a> and we don&rsquo;t talk about case loads or respirators or anything like that.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, this looks beyond silly &mdash; on brand for Lorenz, I&rsquo;ll concede, but yet another reminder of how preposterous the American left once looked on the subject of face-diapers, and still occasionally looks.<\/p>\n<p>Also bad optics: Telling privileged liberals to mask up and don sanitary protection in a developing country:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Personally I am in love with the image of wealthy western communism tourists wearing N95s and surgical gloves while interacting with the local population. You know, in order to not give THEM any diseases&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/COWpnnTfrk\">https:\/\/t.co\/COWpnnTfrk<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9oyFUzkix2\">pic.twitter.com\/9oyFUzkix2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Noam Blum (@neontaster) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/neontaster\/status\/2035928912920715460?\">March 23, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>But then again, realizing these optics would require some level of self-awareness, and Lorenz&rsquo;s lack of it isn&rsquo;t just a bug but a feature of her shamelessness.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case, one thing is for sure: When <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/woke-wapo-reporter-taylor-lorenz-obliterated-libs-tiktok-founder-blaming-violent-threats\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lorenz<\/a> dies, probably years from now, you can picture the eulogy easily, or at least the opening. A figure will ascend to the podium, look out over the audience, and shake their head. Then, after a moment, the words will escape their lips: &ldquo;Why aren&rsquo;t you masked? Don&rsquo;t you realize we&rsquo;re only 53 years into a pandemic? <em>Seventy-five years to flatten the curve<\/em>!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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They describe her as a controversial media figure who has argued that travelers should wear masks as a display of basic solidarity, and they suggest she isn\u2019t taken seriously by some when she doesn\u2019t publicly adhere to such norms.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The piece points to Code Pink, a far-left protest group, visiting Cuba and supposedly engaging in controversial behavior there-like disrupting a concert\u2019s power supply and staying in luxury hotels-to portray themselves as righteous critics of the Cuban regime. The author uses satirical anecdotes and social media snippets to illustrate the group\u2019s actions.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Lorenz is criticized for stating that if you\u2019re traveling to certain places, you should wear a mask, arguing that even six years into the ongoing \u201cpandemic\u201d airborne disease remains real. The author contends this view is out of touch and overstated, especially since public discourse about case counts and medical equipment has shifted since the height of the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; The text argues that it\u2019s easy to claim you\u2019re trying not to infect others, but it accuses Lorenz of hypocrisy for urging people in developing countries to mask up while engaging in privileged, cosmopolitan travel herself. 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