Yes. It was intended to flatten the curve and avoid overwhelming hospitals. Instead we stayed closed and allowed the goalposts to be moved to eradicating the virus

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What I think is hard to figure:

closing schools but leaving restaurants open and playing youth sports and having daycare.

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I'm probably skinning this from the opposite side, but yeah the inconsistency is brutal.

Another one: Masks are mandatory in public, but you can take it off and sit in a confined space sharing circulated AC with others if it's inside a restaurant.

It was even dumber in CA - mandatory masks but bars open.

Regardless of what someone thinks about Covid, these mixed-measures are confusing and frustrating. If Covid is a big deal, the restaurants and bars ought to be closed; if it's not, then there's no need for masks... you can't really have it both ways.

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Bars are all closed again.


A better example would be when using California (there are so many to be honest) - mandatory masks but "protesting" and rioting outside is still allowed. Thankfully, now inside protesting is no longer allowed, so this should allow us to flatten the curve effectively.

The fact that people here are blaming EVERYTHING except the protests is amazing to me. I just don't get how they can defend this with a straight face.

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Who is saying the protests didn't hurt the efforts to contain Covid? I haven't seen that anywhere. Of course they contributed to this situation but to act like California is any worse is silly. Dallas was a **** show, like most large and many small cities across the country.

Here's the question though, people's right to protest is protected and unquestioned in this country. Would you have rather the military be called and pitted against the citizens? I think this is more a factor of picking between two poor choices, watching the virus spread through the protesters or using the military to create a police state. Obviously, the correct choice was made and now we are living with the aftermath.

Nobody should say with a straight face that protests, reopening without hitting markers for success and the stubborn refusal to take basic precautions like masks and social distancing aren't all major contributors.

we absolutely bought time for the hospitals to prep and get PPE in order and get through some key critical trials