Jim and Chad begin their lunch with a celebratory toast to the news that children in New Jersey will be back in school full time for the 2021-2022 school year. Confusion sets in with their second round, however, as they discuss the AP's decision not to call what's happening at the border a "surge." With their last round of the day they analyze the waning taboo about discussing the possibility that SARS-CoV-2 may have originated in a Chinese lab.

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