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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
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1. Do you think people should be able to eat in restaurants, go to concerts, or go to bars (all being indoor)?
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Under what circumstances? I have done all three in the last six months. I wouldn't have done any in late December.
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2. If you think so, what would be the precautions you would prescribe?
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I've got to be honest, I paid a lot of attention to the research about how people were getting infected early in the pandemic, and I just don't anymore. It's exhausting. I want public-health officials to set ground rules, and I want people to follow them. If I hear something from my wife that makes me uncomfortable, say, eating out even though the county is permitting it, I can opt out, and that's our call, and I'm not going to bitch about the county.
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3. If not, when do you think people should be able to do those things?
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When the public-health professionals say it's a good idea.
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4. If not, what metrics, what standard, would you require before you would allow people to resume doing those things?
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When the public-health professionals say it's a good idea.
Predictably, if you let everyone make their own decision about something with substantial externalities, they will make a decision that suits themselves but is bad in aggregate. So I'm not OK with letting everyone decide for themselves. See also: speed limits, traffic lights, food safety, childhood vaccinations, etc.
