I tend to be pretty hawkish on lockdowns and mitigation. But what strikes me most abt this 2nd wave is how little we've learned or cared to implement in focused mitigation. Schools are either closed or limited but bars, sure indoor bars and restaurants. Some people either ...
2/ think or pretend to think you only need masks in doors if you're within 6 ft of someone else. We have failed to make really basic distinctions btw balanced risks for things that are really necessary for people's economic and emotional welfare and things that are great ...
3/ but can be postponed. Indoor dining but only before 10 PM? WTF? Dinner parties and big TG dinners, simply insane. Bans can't really be enforced on private in home dinners, but public ordinances still have a big effect by being stated. With the knowledge we've gained ...
4/ we know now that a lot of the lockdowns in the Spring could have been more targeted. That's not a mistake or an error. We didn't have the knowledge then. Now we do. And we're mostly not taking advantage of the knowledge we have.
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