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Because of the way people are behaving. A substantial amount of people did not shelter in place until they were ordered to do so, and they stopped doing so as

Because of the way people are behaving. A substantial amount of people did not shelter in place until they were ordered to do so, and they stopped doing so as soon as the order was lifted. Bars and restaurants and malls were packed until the day the lockdowns started. In places that have allowed them to reopen, they are packed again. Given that some customers are better than no customers, and that a lot of the customers never would have left and are back now, and given how many businesses failed because it was literally illegal to enter them, how can anyone believe that businesses would be better off with longer lockdowns? It flies in the face of logic and requires some very convincing data to be believed.

HarryHirsch 6y ago
We shut down businesses that pollute the water so that people living downstream won't get sick. It's not clear why businesses that pollute the air (that's bars, to be clear, you catch covid in closed environments where people are tslking) should be permitted to operate, they are a risk to public health. And you don't need them. You can make a case that you need teflon, but you don't need indoor drinking establishments or basketball arenas.
roywiggins 6y ago
> some customers are better than no customers Running a restaurant at 10% capacity is probably not much more sustainable than remaining closed. At least if you're closed you don't have to pay employees to show up.
- twblalock 6y ago
  A lot of restaurants in states that reopened are at a lot more than 10% capacity.
- ajmurmann 6y ago
  Given how razor thin restaurant margins are, even running at 70% capacity during what usually would have been peak hours will kill the business. That's why restaurants try to squeeze as many tables in as possible and turn over tables quickly
  - mcguire 6y ago
    ...which makes them a great place to share infections.
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HarryHirsch 6y ago

We shut down businesses that pollute the water so that people living downstream won't get sick. It's not clear why businesses that pollute the air (that's bars, to be clear, you catch covid in closed environments where people are tslking) should be permitted to operate, they are a risk to public health. And you don't need them. You can make a case that you need teflon, but you don't need indoor drinking establishments or basketball arenas.

roywiggins 6y ago

> some customers are better than no customers Running a restaurant at 10% capacity is probably not much more sustainable than remaining closed. At least if you're closed you don't have to pay employees to show up.

twblalock 6y ago
A lot of restaurants in states that reopened are at a lot more than 10% capacity.
ajmurmann 6y ago
Given how razor thin restaurant margins are, even running at 70% capacity during what usually would have been peak hours will kill the business. That's why restaurants try to squeeze as many tables in as possible and turn over tables quickly
- mcguire 6y ago
  ...which makes them a great place to share infections.
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