Yesterday was the first day that Humboldt was under the order to wear a mask or be hit with a fine, imprisonment, or both! We also got to witness a courthouse protest with signs calling the shelter in place order "oppression." And when our Health Officer and others whose voices are supposed to be the voice of authority in this pandemic talk about the outbreaks lasting into December you can almost hear the glee in their voices as they think of how long they'll be in the public eye.
Anyone paying attention throughout all of this has to have come to the same conclusion as I and others: those in "control" don't know what they fuck they are doing. That simple. They can use computer projections (as has been done in Humboldt). They can look at past pandemics. They can use the science of bleach. Whatever. But at this point I think they sanest, smartest, most prudent and common sense thing to do is wash your hands, wear a mask (unlike what they first said), limit being in groups, and open everything back up slowly. Either that or have a total shut down (no cops, not hospital workers, no grocery stores open) until the virus either dies out or there is a vaccine, which can't be made because we have a total shut down. As long as the half ass measures are in place, we drag this out to infinity. Of course, dragging it out keeps the media's eye on people like our Health Officer and others as they become the focal point, the wise Yoda-like people who can guide us to safety.
It's all such bullshit. Open back up slowly. Those who want to stay at home can. Take precautions, like you would during flu season only ramped up a bit. Stop letting fear dictate. You'll be better off for it.
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