COVID-19 hysteria has become the order of the day as the (less lethal) omicron variant continues to spread. This leads to ridiculous proposals on how to “stop the spread,” and Kurt Streeter of the New York Times has one of the more ridiculous ones.

Streeter is urging sports leagues to “take a vacation” until “transmission is back in hand.” Saying that it is “foolishness” for sports to continue as normal, Streeter writes, “It’s time to press pause on games, matches and meets. If we’re genuinely interested in public health, genuinely invested in slowing the virus and saving lives, we need to look at the storm that has gathered and take shelter from it.”