Coronavirus in Massachusetts (Boston: disadvantages, daycare, home)

[redplum33]

I find it completely unacceptable.

[msRB311]

I went out to eat last night and there two tables of 8 and 9 people near us. People aren't following the rules.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by msRB311

I went out to eat last night and there two tables of 8 and 9 people near us. People aren't following the rules.

Above all, there's the psychological conditioning effect. In other words, "they're allowing full indoor dining, it must be safe!"

[msRB311]

Well indoor dining has been allowed throughout most of the pandemic except for last spring. Not saying that makes it safe either. It's a choice.

[redplum33]

Originally Posted by msRB311

Well indoor dining has been allowed throughout most of the pandemic except for last spring. Not saying that makes it safe either. It's a choice.

It's about money. If you get the virus, you can't prove where you got it.

[htfdcolt]

Originally Posted by htfdcolt

Above all, there's the psychological conditioning effect. In other words, "they're allowing full indoor dining, it must be safe!"

And...Baker is getting skewered by experts

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/03/...day-reopening/

[msRB311]

Oh I'm sure. Even if you could prove it what could you do?

[OutdoorLover]

It's a difficult line to walk for the government though. On the one hand, people are dying and they're developing serious chronic conditions - that's very real. On the other hand, people are losing their jobs, in some cases for a long time, and businesses are going bankrupt or limping along with their business damaged, and both individuals and businesses are requiring trillions of taxpayer dollars even to maintain this lousy situation - that's also very real.

[rach5]

We are just 2-3 weeks away from patio dining weather. We've been at it for a year, why risk another wave so close to what could have been the finish line...To restrict indoor dining for another month or two (and delay large weddings until May) would have been a much more responsible choice - especially with the huge covid relief bill providing support. Nothing spreads covid like crowded, unmasked spaces. Nothing but 6 feet separation, even if(!) adhered to, does not prevent the old variants from spreading in such an environment (as the world has seen in wave after wave, and study after study), and it is completely irresponsible policy when we know we have the new variants already spreading in our state and region.
I am shocked that a state like MA, with some (or many) of the brightest minds in the US and the entire world, is pursuing such a policy.

[GeoffD]

Originally Posted by OutdoorLover

It's a difficult line to walk for the government though. On the one hand, people are dying and they're developing serious chronic conditions - that's very real. On the other hand, people are losing their jobs, in some cases for a long time, and businesses are going bankrupt or limping along with their business damaged, and both individuals and businesses are requiring trillions of taxpayer dollars even to maintain this lousy situation - that's also very real.

We’ve vaccinated enough of the high risk people that we won’t have much of the bad political optics big body count. A 20-something doing a bar crawl isn’t likely to kill grandma if she’s vaccinated. I think it’s a few weeks early because Massachusetts hasn’t made much of a dent on the 65+ and younger with comorbidities group and there is an enormous disparity between counties. Connecticut started 55+ today since they worked through the 65+ group.