# Why can't people understand this (covid protocols and policies vs reality)

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [December 29, 2020, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-people-understand-this-covid-protocols-and-policies-vs-reality/929178 "2020-12-29T14:39:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\
**Post date:** [December 30, 2020, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-cant-people-understand-this-covid-protocols-and-policies-vs-reality/929178/35 "2020-12-30T01:14:02Z")

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Why didn’t you cite the stringency index itself, instead of someone else’s OPINION about it?

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