White people in London were told to stay away from a play on African American history so that black theatergoers could watch the performance "free from the white gaze."
However, a recent U.K. community-based population study found that those who have previously been infected with SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, demonstrate a lower rate of new Omicron BA.4/BA.5 infections compared to those who were vaccinated.
Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in a statement that the emergency powers used during COVID-19 were the "greatest intrusions on civil liberties in the peacetime history of this country."