Ross Douthat of the New York Times pleaded Tuesday for President Biden and the sainted Dr. Anthony Fauci to please, please, please let us all know when they plan on giving us back our full rights to work, socialize, and resume normal schooling.

“Biden presumably hopes to underpromise and overdeliver, while Fauci clearly has a theory of his own role that involves steering public expectations rather than just saying flatly what he thinks,” he wrote. “But after a year of misery, death and sacrifice, the public has a right to know in advance when the emergency should reasonably be over.”