The only thing more brief than today’s update might be tomorrow’s… not just because it’s the usual incomplete weekend numbers, but also… it was a beautiful day… and a long, sunny-yet-freezing-cold bike ride was it order… and it’s interesting to people-watch as you whizz by… everything from large groups of mask-less people, to solitary souls standing in the middle of nowhere… wearing a mask.
At the moment, we are in the midst of restrictions that puzzle some people, but it’s really very easy. Sometimes, the only way to get what you want to is to over-reach, because that’s potentially the only way people will get it.
Like, Dr. Henry says no SuperBowl parties… but what she really means is, don’t get together in crowded, stuffy, over-crowded living rooms to watch it. She could’ve said, “Go ahead and have SuperBowl parties… just be sure to wear masks at all times and keep 6 feet of distance”… but she didn’t, because a lot of people would’ve stopped reading after the first 6 words. Or… would’ve had the intention of following those rules but we can all imagine what it’d look like an hour into the game. So – it’s the strong over-reach, and that’s that. At least it’s clear.
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I think you touch on the reason why there is so much pushback from the “rules” from so many. We all know that the bureaucrats lie to us to increase compliance. If they just said “Hey young people this virus can’t really hurt you but go hide under the bed for a year or two with a mask on” we all get that nobody would take any precautions. On the other hand, people who understand the numbers know that this isn’t Ebola and resent the loss of freedom over a relatively non-lethal virus. Isn’t it looking more and more like isolating only the at risk population from Day One would’ve been a touchdown (see what I did there)?!? But that wouldn’t have served the political agenda. So here we are in Month 11 being told that Super Bowl and Lunar New Year are off limits. Month 11 of “15 days to flatten the curve”. Sad story.