Get It Together

As of today, our governor has reimplemented a lot of restrictions that had been lifted recently:

• Indoor dining capacity is reduced (a lot of places still weren't even open for indoor dining, and I'm certainly not eating inside anywhere)
• Bars are open for sit-down meals only, you can't just drink (I'm not going to any bars...)
• Telework is mandated when possible - i.e. if your job can be done remotely, it should be (my office was planning a limited reopening in August, that's probably on hold now - not that I'm expecting to be back this year)
• Gatherings are limited to 25 people indoors or 250 people outdoors (not sure who is serving as the party police, and these restrictions apparently don't extend to schools, which are still moving forward with their reopening plans)

Since we already had a red/yellow/green plan, with different restrictions at each level, wouldn't it have made more sense to just say, "We're going back from green to yellow," instead of "We're at the green level, but we're adding all these other restrictions?" What's the point of having this scale if you're not going to use it?

Waiting for take-out

I did just see an article suggesting that there is a real possibility of a nationwide consensus on face masks. Half the country currently mandates them in public spaces, including my state. About a month ago articles started coming out about "100% mask use could crush a second wave," and now the CDC says the US could get the virus under control in a couple months if everyone wore a mask. ...Then of course, there's Georgia, where the governor has banned cities and counties from ordering mask use 🤷‍♀️

We ordered take-out for dinner last night from a restaurant in a shopping center. I had to wait outdoors for a few minutes until it was ready, and I was very impressed with the mask compliance of everyone I saw going in and out of the shops and restaurants. Almost everyone had a mask on, a couple people had them pulled under their chins to sip a drink while they walked, and only one guy just fully didn't wear a mask at all (though I will give him the benefit of a doubt, he had just walked out of another shop and maybe he pulled it off as soon as he got outside...)

We'll get it together ... slowly ... I hope.