Friday, September 25, 2020

it's theatre. but, it's worse, because it's not empty.

remember when grocery stores had the front staff on hand sanitizer duty? well, who do you think was the most likely source of spread?

remember when you had to stand in line at the grocery store, between gross people with facial hair (indicating poor hygiene levels) for ten-twenty minutes at a time, thereby forcing you to stand five-six metres away from people you normally wouldn't go within 50 metres of, and for extended periods at that?

these measures were annoying. but, if we didn't understand how harmful they were then, we should now. the last thing we should be doing is queuing people in lines when they don't need to be, or forcing everybody to greet the same person when they walk into a store. these measures are just going to increase the spread of the virus...

likewise, if they put somebody in the store screening for symptoms, that person is merely going to spread the virus further. if you're concerned about catching this, you should avoid that person like they have the plague.

again: there's certain policies that suggest ignorance, and there's certain policies that suggest theatre (red meat for the base), there's certain policies that suggest negligence and there's certain policies that suggest malice. this comes off as empty red meat tossed at his base (closing bars & strip clubs instead of schools and sports clubs is arbitrary and probably discriminatory), but there's been this consistent streak in these policies that make you wonder about malice.

like, how could they not realize that putting a greeter in a store to check your temperature goes beyond empty theatre, and is in truth the dumbest idea possible?