April 2 is the first of the “ten best” days of the month for looking at the twilight sky, according to the “paired scenes” feature in Astronomical Calendar 2022.
The interest is still mainly in the morning sky’s crowd of planets, but the evening scene begins to come alive as the Moon emerges into it.
We told you so
On April Fool Day the British government lifted all Covid restrictions and ended free testing. No longer mandatory are mask-wearing in crowded places, social distancing, or even self-isolation if you catch the disease.
And so, on April 2, infections reached an all-time high, and the experts pleaded for free testing, at least, to be restored.
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The silver lining is that infections build immunity.