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In reply to the discussion: Keep up the Isolating. Really. [View all]Warpy
(111,222 posts)For many people, maybe even the majority, this is not a choice.
If bars and restaurants stay closed, they'll just meet at the homes of friends and neighbors. People need contact. They will get it one way or another.
2 months on in many states, people are really starting to crack. There is a massive mental health crisis out there and you're going to see a huge increase in acting out and divorces because of it.
My governor seems to be using the San Francisco 1918 playbook. They did rather well there, missing the deadliest second wave of the flu. Standards were relaxed somewhat the following year, so they did get the slightly less deadly third wave.
There is just so much confinement alone that human beings can stand, and we've pretty much exceeded that.