One of the gaping holes in US public policy knowledge at the moment is the continued poor understanding of how COVID-related rules have been enforced around the country over the past year and a half. Last month I
The Elite are running the covid scam full blast in places like MA. In FL it doesn't work, as the governor (a republican oh noes!) won't let it. Same for TX. The cloddish, thoughtless white liberal has no curiosity whatsoever why there aren't bodybags piling up in those places. The mask in the car wearing Progressive follows, pretending to be 'good' while Target, WalMart, and Amazon continue to rake in billions, and small businesses deal with this kind of nonsense. In my day the garden variety liberal could see the scam a mile away. The modern liberal / progressive is a corporate news following clown, unfit for anything but shackles.
At least you're curious enough as a JOURNALIST (THIS is what journalists are supposed to be doing -- reporting on facts and investigating the effects of government policies on the citizens) to look into the effects of the COVID overreach by local, state, and federal governments. You won't be surprised by the gigantic backlash that is coming. The so-called journalists will be completely confused.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction and that applies to politics as well.
Monopoly corporations lobby for billion dollar bailouts they don't need and get them, and small businesses which are already suffering get fined for no good reason. Corruption dominates everything else.
The Covid pandemic has been a complete failure by public health officials. As soon as local governments started enforcing draconian rules with draconian fines the credibility of public health beaurocrats was trashed. From the get go educating the public should have been job one. They should have been straight with us, including acknowledging what they knew and didn't know. And every step should have been based upon the best science then known. As soon as the regs became political all that was left was forced compliance because we couldn't trust public health. Fauci's lying to manipulate the public should be a crime. He destroyed faith in the CDC.
As for local government, I think you'll find the approach has varied. I'm in rural San Diego county, which is policed by the Sheriffs Dept. They issued very few citations, instead trying to inform people what was required. Then in other places, such as Newark and the town in this article, a more punitive approach was followed. California's rules have suck, but in my small town we havent had the kind of uproar that a heavy hand causes.
Ugh, these stories...so many of them. The entirety of the covid19 restrictions is just about as dumb as it gets. The virus only spreads if you're not eating or drinking. On my Delta flight, I was told to put my mask on between bites of food. Of course, most of us just put them on (after reviewing the "mask data") to please others. A little bit of research on the "science" goes a long way.
Assuming that the virus can be transmitted on surfaces and that the employees are unvaccinated (perhaps too many assumptions) I think it is reasonable for government to issue and enforce commercial food prep mask regs. These restaurateurs are professionals: they should keep their freezers clean, their dishes sanitized, their floors mopped, their hands washed, and—assuming the virus can be transmitted on surfaces by unvaccinated employees—their staff masked.
The Elite are running the covid scam full blast in places like MA. In FL it doesn't work, as the governor (a republican oh noes!) won't let it. Same for TX. The cloddish, thoughtless white liberal has no curiosity whatsoever why there aren't bodybags piling up in those places. The mask in the car wearing Progressive follows, pretending to be 'good' while Target, WalMart, and Amazon continue to rake in billions, and small businesses deal with this kind of nonsense. In my day the garden variety liberal could see the scam a mile away. The modern liberal / progressive is a corporate news following clown, unfit for anything but shackles.
Stay safe. Double mask - covid is a thing.
At least you're curious enough as a JOURNALIST (THIS is what journalists are supposed to be doing -- reporting on facts and investigating the effects of government policies on the citizens) to look into the effects of the COVID overreach by local, state, and federal governments. You won't be surprised by the gigantic backlash that is coming. The so-called journalists will be completely confused.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction and that applies to politics as well.
Monopoly corporations lobby for billion dollar bailouts they don't need and get them, and small businesses which are already suffering get fined for no good reason. Corruption dominates everything else.
The Covid pandemic has been a complete failure by public health officials. As soon as local governments started enforcing draconian rules with draconian fines the credibility of public health beaurocrats was trashed. From the get go educating the public should have been job one. They should have been straight with us, including acknowledging what they knew and didn't know. And every step should have been based upon the best science then known. As soon as the regs became political all that was left was forced compliance because we couldn't trust public health. Fauci's lying to manipulate the public should be a crime. He destroyed faith in the CDC.
As for local government, I think you'll find the approach has varied. I'm in rural San Diego county, which is policed by the Sheriffs Dept. They issued very few citations, instead trying to inform people what was required. Then in other places, such as Newark and the town in this article, a more punitive approach was followed. California's rules have suck, but in my small town we havent had the kind of uproar that a heavy hand causes.
Ugh, these stories...so many of them. The entirety of the covid19 restrictions is just about as dumb as it gets. The virus only spreads if you're not eating or drinking. On my Delta flight, I was told to put my mask on between bites of food. Of course, most of us just put them on (after reviewing the "mask data") to please others. A little bit of research on the "science" goes a long way.
“It’s just a mask”
Assuming that the virus can be transmitted on surfaces and that the employees are unvaccinated (perhaps too many assumptions) I think it is reasonable for government to issue and enforce commercial food prep mask regs. These restaurateurs are professionals: they should keep their freezers clean, their dishes sanitized, their floors mopped, their hands washed, and—assuming the virus can be transmitted on surfaces by unvaccinated employees—their staff masked.