Panic Attack by Nicole Saphier

Author:Nicole Saphier [Saphier, Nicole]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-04-08T00:00:00+00:00

THE PROBLEM ISN’T LOCKDOWNS, IT’S HOW THEY’RE IMPLEMENTED

Data has shown that lockdowns do have some positive effects, but the main problems are when politicians create arbitrary rules, flout their own regulations, or impose harsher and harsher restrictions under the science-free principle that harsher must be better. In July 2020, Governor Newsom in California and Governor Cuomo in New York laid down the law about the particular types of food that would be considered a “meal” for purposes of delineating bars versus restaurants being allowed to remain open to serve customers. If the establishment served a “meal” as defined by Governor Cuomo, then it was safe to operate. Micromanagement through haphazard rules does more to fray public trust than practically anything else.

A “meal,” as arbitrarily defined by the powers that be, could not include the following: “Food ordinarily served as appetizers or first courses such as cheese sticks, fried calamari, chicken wings, pizza bites (as opposed to pizza), egg rolls, pot stickers, flautas, cups of soup, and any small portion of a dish that may constitute the main course when it is not served in a full portion.” Because if you are eating any of those things, you are obviously at greater risk of catching SARS-CoV-2. Only a real meal will protect you. Take Governor Cuomo’s word for it.

In Michigan, Governor Whitmer issued a stay-at-home order in April that allowed hardware stores to open, but mandated landscaping contractors to remain closed. Why was it impossible for a landscaper—a job that primarily involves work in the best-ventilated space possible, the outdoors—to safely operate? The governor allowed department stores to open, but with the condition that they could not sell certain items such as carpet, flooring, paint, furniture, garden items, and plants. Areas selling such things must be closed off, said the governor. If you were buying new socks, you were okay, but if you were buying house plants, you could apparently catch SARS-CoV-2. Also, a car wash at an automated car wash facility was not allowed to operate, for some obscure reason.

None of this made sense. Given the inconsistencies in the orders, and the lack of any defensible logic behind them, they were enforced in some places while others ignored them. Americans are willing to make sacrifices. They aren’t willing to bend over backwards for the science-free whims of politicians.

Broad emergency powers allowed for the imposition of a set of comprehensive and strict rules by Governor Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania that sharply curtailed economic activity in the state. A lawsuit against Governor Wolf claimed that rules had been imposed in an “arbitrary and capricious manner,” inconsistent with available data and precautions recommended by the Centers for Disease Control, aka “science.” Certain businesses had been declared essential and allowed to remain open, while similar businesses and even direct competitors had been forced to close. This lawsuit was decided in Federal District Court on September 14, 2020—in favor of the plaintiffs, with the presiding judge saying, “The liberties protected by the Constitution are not fair-weather freedoms—in place when times are good but able to be cast aside in times of trouble.

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