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Originally Posted by Leadbone1
(Post 1766215)
(“Why is it OK for 2 to 5 people to be sitting close while sharing tables as long as those tables are 6 feet apart, but if those same 2 to 5 people were sitting in folding chairs listening to music within the same distance of each other, that would be violating the social distancing guidelines”)
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The correct answer probably should be, “There is no difference.” So what’s my prize? :bigbow:
You can stop reading now.
There’s no direct or clear answer to your somewhat rhetorical question. As you can see, it only elicits opinions. Here’s mine (with a little too much elaboration):
There will always be “rule” breakers. No rules= chaos. In this case the numbers would have continued to increase exponentially If people weren’t social distancing or staying home unless there was an important reason to go out.
If several groups of 6 or 8 people decide to dine together at the same tables in a restaurant with reduced capacity, let’s say 10 tables-6 feet apart, it makes some sense that there would be more of a possibility of getting sick and/or later infecting others. If only two people are sitting at each of the tables, the odds of getting sick or dying would be lower. These precautionary measures in closed environments only lessen the possibility, no guarantees. I’d rather be safe (but not OCD) than sorry.
On the other hand, music in the squares always attracts a greater number of people, so the odds change. There may have been two people in folding chairs on one day, then others throwing caution to the wind on the next day. It typically is a crowded area under normal circumstances.
Unlike a restaurant that has control of measures taken, the squares don’t. It’ll eventually become a “come one, come all” situation. Before it gets to that point, the villages made a decision now to stop the music before it got out of hand and cause more issues that could be avoided. More people would be put at risk by passing it on to others. In that situation, It’s almost impossible to get a large crowd of people to distance themselves from others. TV obviously didn’t want to have to deal with that situation (like closing the pool when they became more crowded) That’s how the two situations differ.
Maybe the villages counts on spying complainers to police these things so they don’t have to. They don’t have the right to start infringing on our personal lives and decisions or blame others who choose not to follow the exact guidelines. Maybe those in fear should stay home. Or, maybe TV is thinking as I am-. Why let it happen and clean up a mess later when it can be avoided in the first place. Crowds will affect us all in some way.
Have you come across the other kinds of wackos(for the lack of a better word) that police wherever they are?? We took our little dog for a walk on the LSL boardwalk, where there were surprisingly a lot of people- all in fairly close proximity to one another- watching an alligator. As we started walking back to our car, still talking about the size of the alligator, the walkway got a little narrower just in that one spot. There there was a woman in that area, leaning against the railing and looking out over the water. Before we even got close enough to pass her, she almost did a Linda Blair 360 as if she had eyes behind her head and saw us approaching. She opened her arms wildly and yelled “5 feet“! We were discussing the alligator, so I was confused. I thought she heard us and was telling us it’s length. I even asked her if that was the size of the alligator. Once again, she repeated her action, yelling 5 feet again! Had she yelled the familiar 6 feet I would’ve immediately understood. I realized her gesture was telling us to walk past her 5 feet away! Maybe she felt powerful and in control and was doing that to anyone who walked by for as long as she was standing in that spot. If not, all she had to do was stay in her own breathing space looking at the water! Taken aback by her mannerisms, I quietly suggested that maybe she should be wearing a mask. With that she quietly flipped us the bird!
