Rep cut off. My dad was my biggest concern. He’s been compliant. Let’s me or his 13 years younger wife do the shopping and grab stuff when necessary. Thought he was going to be a handful. He’s taken it seriously and doesn’t wan to stress me or his wife out by being dumb just from boredom. Can’t make people act reasonably. If they want to die, so be it, and hope they infect their own social circle with a higher prevalence given that birds of a feather and all that. Collateral damage will occur no doubt. We are stuck with these people either way. Their party skews older and fatter. That’s undeniable. POC hit hard hurts, but so many live in the reddest states that it’s certainly a net political win. Hate to view it that way, but it isn’t like these rallies and denialism isn’t straight political.
Wish there was a way to have people charged at gatherings. Whether it’s a black house party in Chicago or these hayseeds. Penalty is straight up you don’t get a ventilator and you’re last in line for any medication that may be in shortage. No fine. No anything else. Simply no ventilator or meds that are short for you should you ever need it.
Will never happen, but if I were king, that would be the charge for anyone caught at these big gatherings. Good luck, but you better hope you never need anything in short supply .