and, let's be clear - the reason they put peel into the red is because the mayor was running his mouth off.

it's disingenuous at this point to continue to pretend that anything the government has done at any level from the start of this has had anything to do with the science. like, they're keeping the border closed. they're mandating masks. they closed bars. none of this has anything to do with science - it's all about identifying populations to blame, attacking opponents, etc.

if you were expecting a scientific response, you were being naive.

but, the science has been clear for some time - this is futile, and we need to give up and move on.