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What is the danger of a single person walking by themselves, sans dog, outside at night? It seems like half the government reactions to lock down is a good ide

What is the danger of a single person walking by themselves, sans dog, outside at night? It seems like half the government reactions to lock down is a good idea based on the understanding of virus transmission, and the other half is just security theater. Does this hurt the government's own efforts? Any reasonable person will understand that they aren't hurting anyone by walking outside near no one. Or two people from the same household walking their dog at night near no one. This may make people generally less likely to follow all the rules, because they see that half the rules are just made up nonsense.

IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago
I have similar misgivings about this policy. One possibly reasoning that I've seen, and that isn't entirely implausible, is that there is still significant transmission going on in private gatherings, which tend to happen in the evenings. These curfews would then be attempts to curb such behaviour.
bluesign 6y ago
Enforcement. You need to be able to set rules, you can enforce easily. If you allow single person walking, what will you do if you see 2 people close to each other. People will always try to avoid the rules, so in this kind of stuff enforcement is really hard. Better to have hard but short lived restrictions.
gpvos 6y ago
The idea of a curfew is that there are as few possible people outside, so there is some chance that the police has the capacity to check on those who are there. Yes, it's very unpleasant, but may be necessary in some cases.
m000 6y ago
The rationale of the government is that they want to reduce casual house gatherings. Walking out in a winter night in the Netherlands is hardly a leisure activity. If you're walking outside at night, chances are you are going to, or returning from a social gathering. So while unpleasant, the amount of security theater isn't particularly high.

IfOnlyYouKnew 6y ago

I have similar misgivings about this policy. One possibly reasoning that I've seen, and that isn't entirely implausible, is that there is still significant transmission going on in private gatherings, which tend to happen in the evenings. These curfews would then be attempts to curb such behaviour.

bluesign 6y ago

Enforcement. You need to be able to set rules, you can enforce easily. If you allow single person walking, what will you do if you see 2 people close to each other. People will always try to avoid the rules, so in this kind of stuff enforcement is really hard. Better to have hard but short lived restrictions.

gpvos 6y ago

The idea of a curfew is that there are as few possible people outside, so there is some chance that the police has the capacity to check on those who are there. Yes, it's very unpleasant, but may be necessary in some cases.

m000 6y ago

The rationale of the government is that they want to reduce casual house gatherings. Walking out in a winter night in the Netherlands is hardly a leisure activity. If you're walking outside at night, chances are you are going to, or returning from a social gathering. So while unpleasant, the amount of security theater isn't particularly high.