Would you prefer one set of rules on lockdown, masks and distancing for an entire country, or as in the US, for it to be let to each state?
in the UK they are localising lockdowns per town having a hotspot.
the problem is where even if that one town is having a localised hotspot. and localised lockdown. people .. well idiots. think its their calling to then drive out of the area and spread it around.
this can then be a cascading reaction causing more hotspots.
take sweden. it didnt do much repatriation. it implemented social distancing/respect. it kept the spread low.
but denmark done more repatriation. didnt socially distance. went into lockdown. and then the danes decided they will ignore danish advice and hop over to sweden so they can party.
thus then causing sweden cases to rise
the issue with trying to be such locally reactive is. that by the time people react and actually take the advice its been a week or 2..
EG even the main lockdown in march didnt see a curve the peak until 2-3 weeks later
so trying to be prompt and reactive doesnt work because of the delay.
so some places have to be proactive-predictive-preventative
such as if a town is having a hotspot. the whole county/state should respond equally.
or if the scale of the hotspot is of such magnitude that it would affect multiple counties/states in under 2 weeks then yes the scope has to be widened
EG
if a ski resort with 2000 guests from 50 states are on vacation(40 people per state). and they all come into contact. and the next week they all go to their differing states. then thats more of a thing to keep an eye on country wide.
where as 40 people from a small bar in a small town where they all live by each other should be considered as small town concern. even if they then go and infect 2000 neighbours that never leave town anyway.
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id say we are way passed trying to lockdown to zero out cases. because it will just get imported again by vacationers. so the only option is to reduce the risk of people getting it with severe viral loads
so when your at home with family you know and trust or in your own car with people you know. and you know where they have been. you can take the risk
but if your going places where your meeting strangers you dont know where they been or who they touched your increasing the risk so yea mask up in those situations of random people near you
alot of people think their local supermarket is full of local people simply because its the market near their home.. .. they dont realise people can come from out of state of go to that super market after being abroad the previous week. hoping to stock up with a couple weeks of food because they are starting to get sick and know they will have to isolate.
so while these sick people are randomly rushing to get supplies to stay home. they are already passing it around
so while you are in a store thinking smart people would just stay home or the people in the supermarket should be all clear because they are only local and they have been in same lockdown as you.. dont be so sure of yourself
but overall yea in supermarkets its not always possible to respect personal space. so best to mask up.. but if you can respect personal space and not go near random people. do so
in true common sense people could react case by case take each situation as its presented.. but too many idiots wouldnt even follow common sense and instead be looking for the loopholes/excuses to avoid common sense.
EG trying to go back to work while being sick by pretending covid is fake and jsut the flu
EG even if not disabled wearing a 'im disabled due to autism thus exempt from wearing masks'
then there are idiots that just dont have a clue either way so need guidance.
EG the ones where you see them driving in their own car with no passengers but they are wearing a mask. because they re taking the advice too literally without common sense
then we circle back to sometimes that guideance takes time to actualy be soaked into peoples minds and accepted and implemented. so sometimes the advice has to be more predictive of worse case scenario of 2-4 weeks before the actual concern. just to prevent the concern
so my general advice is.
dont be an idiot thinking your being helpful by licking random people and spitting on people or pushing people together
be respectful of peoples personal space.
if you cant avoid close contact. reduce the time your in close contact and wear a face covering or preferably a mask to further decrease the load
and stop looking for loop holes so you can go about and spread it like an idiot