[cardcrimson]

Thank you for posting more of the context. It's always valuable to understand more of someone's thought process before confidently disregarding their opinions. In this case, the more fulsome post does just that. She wants to open up society? Then wear a mask. "Restrictive and arbitrarily selective rules"? Sure, there's been some uncertainty and changes as we learn more, but most of the new rules are hardly arbitrary (though clearly some individuals enforce or enact them with error). She wouldn't want to hurt any vulnerable people? Then wear a mask.

You're welcome. Context is always important, isn't it. Sadly it's all too often ignored as we as a society search for a sound bite to attack, from one side or the other.

Regarding the new rules and their arbitrariness, I'm puzzled by the latest rules in CA. For six months, we were told that hospital bed occupancy, and in particular ICU bed occupancy, were the most important metrics to track how we were doing. Oddly, the new metrics measured so counties can reopen now completely ignore hospital bed occupancy rates and instead now focus on the significantly tightened the daily new case rate metric. Many counties that were on the cusp of further openings under the old metrics, are now a long way away. 

Arbitrary? Who knows. Sure doesn't seem to make a lot of sense unless science is the motivation, political science.

[cardcrimson]

Thank you for posting more of the context. It's always valuable to understand more of someone's thought process before confidently disregarding their opinions. In this case, the more fulsome post does just that. She wants to open up society? Then wear a mask. "Restrictive and arbitrarily selective rules"? Sure, there's been some uncertainty and changes as we learn more, but most of the new rules are hardly arbitrary (though clearly some individuals enforce or enact them with error). She wouldn't want to hurt any vulnerable people? Then wear a mask.

You're welcome. Context is always important, isn't it. Sadly it's all too often ignored as we as a society search for a sound bite to attack, from one side or the other.

Regarding the new rules and their arbitrariness, I'm puzzled by the latest rules in CA. For six months, we were told that hospital bed occupancy, and in particular ICU bed occupancy, were the most important metrics to track how we were doing. Oddly, the new metrics measured so counties can reopen now completely ignore hospital bed occupancy rates and instead now focus on the significantly tightened the daily new case rate metric. Many counties that were on the cusp of further openings under the old metrics, are now a long way away. 

Arbitrary? Who knows. Sure doesn't seem to make a lot of sense unless science is the motivation, political science.