"Progressives tend to blame the demise of facts as the basis for governance on the right. But the past year has shown that liberals are just as prone to governing with little concern for objective reality. More than once, Democratic leaders in California and elsewhere jettisoned common-sense public health rules in a rush to reopen, only to see infection rates soar, hospitals overflow and morgues run out of room. As large swaths of the country once again start to reopen, we should stop and ask: Are we doing the same thing and expecting a different result, at the possible cost of many lives?"