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Midnight Writer

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1. Serious question. What is the point of a night time curfew?

Reply to sandensea (Original post)

Sun Nov 22, 2020, 05:41 PM

Nov 2020

It seems like night time would be the safest time to be out, when you will be less likely to run into a lot of people.

And most transmissions occur among people in their homes, where a curfew will force them to be.

What am I missing?

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California enacts nighttime curfew as COVID-19 cases spike [View all] sandensea Nov 2020 OP

Serious question. What is the point of a night time curfew? Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #1

Good point. sandensea Nov 2020 #2

One word: Mr.Bill Nov 2020 #3

Wouldn't it be simpler, then, to close and police the bars then enforcing a general curfew? Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #4

Well, I just think they are trying to keep small businesses Mr.Bill Nov 2020 #5

Sheriff's Responses nwliberalkiwi Nov 2020 #6