On Tuesday, Maher posted a clip from his latest “Real Time with Bill Maher” program, in which chronicles the fallout from two years of pandemic-response government shutdowns and mandates.

We’re now learning just how bad the “collateral damage” is post-pandemic. pic.twitter.com/ECw649U7do

— Bill Maher (@billmaher) October 18, 2022

‘The pandemic erased two decades of progress in math and reading’ – see, right away, I’ve gotta say, this pisses me off. I see these headlines all the time.

“The pandemic didn’t do that. The way we handled the pandemic did that.

“The pandemic certainly was a thing. But, let’s not just say ‘the pandemic,’ because it was not written in stone that we had to handle it the way we did.”