# Am I missing something here? (re: reopening of bars, etc... now)

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [October 6, 2020, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356 "2020-10-06T17:27:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![SayTwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e56c9b/32.png) [@SayTwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SayTwo)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2020, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356/831 "2020-12-01T18:30:52Z")

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> [@thorny\_locust](#):
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> Part of the trouble with providing clear guidance on that is that knowledge of how transmission of this specific disease works is taking, not surprisingly, some time to develop; and so the guidance has to change accordingly with the knowledge. But information online stays there, and those reading it don’t always check the date; and all too many people interpret changes in advice as meaning just ‘they don’t know what they’re talking about’, no matter how evidence-based such changes are.
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> But some of the problem, as has been noted, is deliberate spreading of misinformation; and failure to publicize accurate information.

But I think an equally disturbing problem is that critical and independent thinking has seemed really frowned upon throughout all this, or at least it has if it runs in a certain direction. That’s the part that I don’t think will wear well over time.

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