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John FrancisGetty Images Shortly after New Year’s Day, I was mindlessly scrolling through Instagram in bed like I do all the time when I came across a series of posts that made me want to hurl my phone out the window and into the street. The offending images came from a young woman, a minor acquaintance from a now-distant social circle. I wouldn’t have ever thought of her had her IG Story not popped up at the top of my feed. I clicked. Instantly, I was bombarded with photos of her laughing in a bikini. On a beach. With friends. In Tulum. During a pandemic.

We learned that getting a negative test does not mean that individuals are entirely “clear” to gather or travel. Doctors have pointed out that even if everyone who attends a gathering gets a COVID-19 negative test in advance, nothing is ever risk-free. Paige Larkin, a clinical microbiologist at NorthShore University HealthSystem in Chicago, told The New York Times that, “A negative result is a snapshot in time. It’s telling you that, at that exact second you are tested, the virus was not detected. It does not mean you’re not infected.” Los Angeles County Public Health Director Bar...