There’s a better way to tackle the coronavirus pandemic than the tactics President Joe Biden is trying.

Even if many people are too nonchalant about the pandemic, the liberal overreaction and impulse toward central command-and-control are counterproductive. Massive shutdowns produce significant cultural problems of their own, many mandates spur backlashes or are utterly impractical or perhaps unconstitutional, and masking requirements for children may do more harm than good.