This is completely normal and nothing to worry about. Please return to your regularly scheduled serfdom and absolutely do not question the decisions and policies that have led to this situation.

It’s been interesting seeing the reactions to the air quality alerts in my area’s local social media (Facebook groups, Nextdoor, etc). There is a sizable amount of people talking about how the air quality alerts are there to make us scared so we can be controlled. It’s really amazing how this is right in our face but there are still people who want to deny that it’s a problem.

Hang on there.