Re: mask mandate

On Sun, 1 Dec 2024 13:23:17 +0000, snipeco.2@gmail.com (Sn!pe) wrote:

Some regard COVID-19 as the "Geriatric Culling Virus". 
From a societal standpoint, whether or not that is a
good thing is reduced to a matter of policy.

During the "Hippie" movement, businesses were ticked off since these
hippies were not purchasing traditional/expected consumer products.
Capitalists implicitly see consumers as consumers of their goods

Do the economic math for when these places below were
shut-down....restaurants, convenient stores, fuel stations, shopping
malls, etc., would have taken a big hit on Sunday.

May 22, 2020 -- President Donald Trump on Friday commanded America's
governors to immediately reopen churches and other places of worship
shuttered by the coronavirus
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/22/trump-churches-essential-coronavirus-274763

Of course, the affluent were isolating themselves, while Trump wanted
"we the people" go out in public spaces to spend those dollars.

Years ago, there use to be more Blue Laws: "Blue laws are laws that
restrict or prohibit certain activities on specific days, usually
Sundays. They are also known as Sunday closing laws, Sabbath laws, and
uniform day of rest laws."  But, the business sector hacked away at
removing them over the years.