WALKING in a wealthy suburban neighborhood last week, I noticed a few houses looked unusually empty — no lights, no cars. Maybe the owners had gone to vacation homes for the pandemic shutdown? They may have even been able to work remotely from second homes and continued to earn a living.

Meanwhile, thousands of families ten or fifteen miles away face compulsory confinement to their shabby homes. Not only do they not have second homes to escape small apartments or row houses, but even the playgrounds and basketball courts are closed. The extended vacation would be enjoyable even so if not for the constant worries about money and the future.

How many lower class Americans can weather a six-week, unpaid confinement to their homes without drinking too much, fighting too much, viewing porn, and becoming even more addicted to TV?

The COVID lockdown especially punishes the lower class, the people least able to put their grievances into words and effective action.

That’s what infuriating about COVID cops. They are not really compassionate people.

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