Has Saletan Completely Jumped The Shark?

Maybe.

He's been slipping pretty bad for awhile now. The fact that he can still stand to be at Slate tells you something.

I rarely even read him anymore.

But I've only glanced at this actual piece. 

If I'm going to read something else like that on the pandemic, it's not going to be by Saletan--I just don't trust him enough anymore. 

But that's likely to be as much me as him.