In the end, we each have to make decisions based on our preferred methodologies. I wouldn't advise people to hold a grudge against various bureaucrats and use that as the basis for their current decisions. During my life, we've been told that eating eggs was bad for you, and eating eggs was good for you. All we can do is look at the evidence and decide.
One small nit. My recollection is that the outside being safe wasn't yet the common wisdom by June 2020. And definitely not on the left. I remember being at Floyd protests and trying really hard to maintain our 4 feet distances.
It was known by disease experts—ironically, it was one of the things that came out of the famous press briefing when Trump suggested people find a way to take disinfectants internally (essentially what many remember as “drink bleach”—though he didn’t use those exact words, that was what he was communicating. He also, responding to findings that sunlight killed covid virus in the air “in a minute,” suggested people find a way to take sunshine internally, which was almost equally surreal. But instead of saying the reasonable thing, that being outside during the daylight hours was reasonably safe but demonstrations should end after sundown, there was the social justice spin that demonstrations were too important to discourage for the sake of public health, and nobody wanted say they should disperse at sundown because that would make people think of “sundown towns” or whatever. So, peaceful demonstrations that could have been encouraged as a public health measure while discouraging people being out after dark instead became associated with riots and looting that occurred as the streets were flooded with people after dark.
Good insights. I don't know the details about what was known exactly at that point in time re the outdoors. I do know now that even just a 1 mph breeze is better than indoor air with 100 air changes per hour. I don't know if it was thought of that way in June 2020 though.
I’m not too sure either, but I do recall the first time I heard “conservatives complaining about making an exception for Floyd protests, I though, “what exception?”
It was definitely overblown. I mean, the red states were already dining, going to bars, etc. So they had no reason to care about some people doing something outside.
Nice post.
In the end, we each have to make decisions based on our preferred methodologies. I wouldn't advise people to hold a grudge against various bureaucrats and use that as the basis for their current decisions. During my life, we've been told that eating eggs was bad for you, and eating eggs was good for you. All we can do is look at the evidence and decide.
One small nit. My recollection is that the outside being safe wasn't yet the common wisdom by June 2020. And definitely not on the left. I remember being at Floyd protests and trying really hard to maintain our 4 feet distances.
It was known by disease experts—ironically, it was one of the things that came out of the famous press briefing when Trump suggested people find a way to take disinfectants internally (essentially what many remember as “drink bleach”—though he didn’t use those exact words, that was what he was communicating. He also, responding to findings that sunlight killed covid virus in the air “in a minute,” suggested people find a way to take sunshine internally, which was almost equally surreal. But instead of saying the reasonable thing, that being outside during the daylight hours was reasonably safe but demonstrations should end after sundown, there was the social justice spin that demonstrations were too important to discourage for the sake of public health, and nobody wanted say they should disperse at sundown because that would make people think of “sundown towns” or whatever. So, peaceful demonstrations that could have been encouraged as a public health measure while discouraging people being out after dark instead became associated with riots and looting that occurred as the streets were flooded with people after dark.
But even after dark outdoor air is outdoor air.
CDC was not responsible for bad police work that failed to protect demonstrators and deter, arrest troublemakers.
Good insights. I don't know the details about what was known exactly at that point in time re the outdoors. I do know now that even just a 1 mph breeze is better than indoor air with 100 air changes per hour. I don't know if it was thought of that way in June 2020 though.
I’m not too sure either, but I do recall the first time I heard “conservatives complaining about making an exception for Floyd protests, I though, “what exception?”
It was definitely overblown. I mean, the red states were already dining, going to bars, etc. So they had no reason to care about some people doing something outside.
i dont think there was a legal exception but there was this extremely ill advised letter:
https://globalnews.ca/news/7038690/anti-black-racism-protests-coronavirus
I agree. The letter should just have said outdoor activities are OK and if you want to protest as we do, go ahead.