Coastal Alabamians celebrated May Day this year by mingling maskless by the thousands at the Arts and Crafts Festival in Fairhope, the charming Mobile Bay town sometimes considered to be the Carmel of the South.

In only mildly humid 80-degree sunshine, it was abundantly clear that some parts of America are simply done worrying about COVID-19. We’ll see soon enough if the coronavirus is ready to be done with Alabamians.