In fall 2021, Montgomery County allowed children to go to school with their classmates, but it implemented a draconian quarantine rule: Any child who showed a single symptom of COVID-19 was sent home for 10 days, along with all of his close contacts.“Anything you feel … except absolutely perfect, you have to go home,” County Executive Marc Elrich said.
If you pay attention to these massive crackdowns on the freedom and happiness of children, you notice a pattern: Progressively, the county government lightened its touch until it eventually adopted the policies advocated by the government’s detractors. This made me realize something about local tyrants: One should never compromise with them. At first, when the county in 2020 was trying to close our private schools, I was ready to accept the mask mandates, distancing rules, and so on in exchange for being able to open.