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Dear Liberal: Airlines are not requiring travelers to produce vaccination cards, so your sister-in-law’s James Bond-like daring-do in planning to use a copy machine (wow!) was both dumb and unnecessary.

Your brother and his wife already contracted the virus, and for them (and many others), the illness that accompanied the virus was mild, like other flus they might have had. Lucky them! (Unless they have been tested for the COVID antibody, however, it is possible that they did actually have another illness.)

The issue with this particular virus is how it attacks different people differently, and that is why asymptomatic carriers have presented a risk to others, and why vaccination has been so necessary – and successful.

If they do have the antibodies to the virus, they might not pose a risk of infecting others, but they should still be vaccinated. Different strains emerging might change this equation, and the longer-term protection presented by antibodies is still unclear.

If you know that they are fraudulently presenting someone else’s vaccination card, then you should definitely speak up, even though these two geniuses don’t seem likely to pull off a caper of any great magnitude.

Dear Amy: I recently had a very serious eye surgery. The surgery was successful but left my eye temporarily — but severely — bloodshot.

It was unsightly, but my doctor insisted that I not wear a patch over it.

I didn't feel like I should have to hide in my house for two weeks.

What astonished me was the number of people who I know barely — or not at all — who would ask, "What happened to your eye?"

I think this was quite rude, but I simply stated, "I just had surgery." What do you think?

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