2058. An aged Tobuscus lays on his deathbed, surrounded by his three wives and seventeen children. He closes his eyes for the last time and sees; first darkness, then redness, then whiteness.
It's official: Mask ban in Nassau County, New York passes along party lines, 12-0 (7 abstentions). It makes wearing a mask a misdemeanor (with unclear health and religious exceptions) and gives police the power to fine people wearing a mask $1,000 and sentence them to jail time.