The C.O.W.S. Compensatory Call-In 05/15/21

With all customary confusion of the past 14 months, the Centers for Disease Control announced that individuals who are fully vaccinated do not have to wear masks indoors or outside. Rekindling a number of contested points, many ask how to distinguish between those who’ve been vaccinated. Regardless, many regions are reducing or totally ditching mask requirements and preparing for a return to “normal” this summer. On the East coast of the U.S., “panic-buying” of gasoline has caused shortages, price hikes and confrontations at filling stations. And reports indicate the week Kobe Bryant is inducted into the basketball hall of fame, Los Angeles firefighters were fired or disciplined for collecting macabre photos from the helicopter crash site where the NBA star, his daughter, and 7 others died last year.