That, and it's a healthy dose of pragmatism. If nobody is going to comply with your advice, you're doing more harm than good. You can realistically tell people

That, and it's a healthy dose of pragmatism. If nobody is going to comply with your advice, you're doing more harm than good. You can realistically tell people to shop for vinyl from the comfort of their couch, and they might do that. Given the level of outrage, there were going to be large groups of protests across the country either way, but they were successfully convinced to wear masks, use hand sanitizer and spread out where they can. At least here, every time the mayor talks she urges people who went to protests to get tested. Persuasion is still everything.