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All we are saying, is give peace a chance
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Bit-by-bit regulations are being eroded by political pressure, particularly in the wake of protest marches. Even if protestors violate public health regulations, no official has the will to crackdown on them. In the US, NJ has been second only to NY in being the hardest hit state. Gov. Murphy has been fairly tough, but he himself joined a march, violating his own executive order ... and afterwards he just passed special exemptions for protest marches and religious services. Gov. Cuomo of NY has also been fairly tough, but has skirted the issue of large crowds of protestors (other than asking all protestors to get tested). So of course many businesses are legitimately complaining that, hey, why is it OK for thousands of protestors to pack in like sardines, but it is not OK for businesses to re-open. That question elicits a lot of hemming and hawing from the govs at press conferences.
Pardon me getting political, but there's also a lot of pressure on some of the Governors to soften their orders/regulations without even taking the protests into consideration. Here in PA, the legislature has passed a bill to rescind our opposite party Governor's emergency declaration for the state because they want everything to open up. What they don't realize (or more likely don't care about) is that doing so would eliminate protections for businesses, workers and residents that come with that order. No, they just want full steam ahead on reopening, never mind that the country is now showing signs of a second wave of the Beer Burden brewing and hitting.
For those of you outside of the US, we have another pandemic here besides the BB, best expressed by some former beauty queen in Nevada who, per her tweet in mid-March, was at a crowded restaurant after the governor was requesting people start to stay home - she proudly bragged that "took her sweet time" to enjoy her meal, "Because this is America. And I'll do what I want." (Note my tag line below - my older brother came up with that observation).