Commentary  It seems obvious that wherever vaccine mandates, mask mandates, and lockdowns have been imposed in response to COVID-19, progressive political and media elites have been the driving forces behind them. This is clear to those of us alive today, but it is worth considering whether future history books will attempt to erase progressives’ culpability for the disasters their COVID policies have caused. The argument that follows is speculative, but bad ideologies should be held to the fires of their own making, and it seems to be in the nature of progressivism to attempt to escape the historical reckoning it is due. Not long ago, it seemed more likely that the progressive elites would eventually just declare COVID-19 to be over and herald themselves as humanity’s saviors. But as the pandemic has worn on, the cracks in the COVID disinformation regime have widened for all to see. The failures and destructiveness (pdf) of their policies are now beyond deniability to …