# 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 8, 2020, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-missing-something-here-re-reopening-of-bars-etc-now/922356/902 "2020-12-08T02:27:52Z")

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Here’s an article that touches on some of those same ideas. It also, to me, continues to paint a picture of a situation – in LA County, at least, but I suspect many other places are not too different – where the public health experts are, again, just flailing. Throwing one thing after another at it, and nothing seems to be working. The article explores some of the possible reasons why.

> **[Many aren't buying public officials' 'stay-at-home' message. Experts say...](https://news.yahoo.com/many-arent-buying-public-officials-130038983.html)**
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> Some experts say a harm-reduction approach to public health — educating people how to mitigate risk in their activities — would be more effective than all-or-nothing pleas to abstain from contact with other people.

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