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There’s a price tag attached to the unprecedented federal money lavished on states under the pretext of COVID relief, which is over $9 trillion and growing. It’s in addition to higher federal taxes that will be needed to pay for it. It’s inflation, which is finally getting the attention it deserves.

Press reports of the Delta virus’ impact on children across the country have been alarming since July, when cases and hospital admissions jumped significantly after a bottoming out in June. Most of the attention has fallen on Florida and other southern states, but there have been concerning stories in Illinois, too.

Friday’s column in New York Magazine is a must-read for those following the controversy over masks in K-12 schools.