Well, it's one of the few things they were honest about from the moment they started using the term "The new normal." They started that the day that "15 days to slow the spread" hit the airwaves.
Not "this is all just temporary" or "this will be over in fourteen days" they never said "we just need to hold out for a little while till it's over." It was immediate and direct "This is the new normal, get used to it."
Yet people failed to recognize that every change they pushed was intended to be permanent when it was the one thing they didn't actually lie about.
It's been pretty apparent in PA for awhile. Wolf doesn't have any intention of loosening the bar/restaurant 25% indoor seating restriction anytime soon. Businesses are disappearing practically overnight. Green phase is still a joke. No in person school, closed libraries, shortened business hours for many businesses, etc. Wolf doesn't have the $100/week extra for unemployment, and is writing letters to Congress for the $600. That's unlikely to happen, so he should free the people to make their own educated decisions about risk tolerance.
Right. If they had been honest about that from the start, nobody would have gone along with it. But, since people are stupid and shortsighted . . .
"Honest"
Well, it's one of the few things they were honest about from the moment they started using the term "The new normal." They started that the day that "15 days to slow the spread" hit the airwaves.
Not "this is all just temporary" or "this will be over in fourteen days" they never said "we just need to hold out for a little while till it's over." It was immediate and direct "This is the new normal, get used to it."
Yet people failed to recognize that every change they pushed was intended to be permanent when it was the one thing they didn't actually lie about.
It's been pretty apparent in PA for awhile. Wolf doesn't have any intention of loosening the bar/restaurant 25% indoor seating restriction anytime soon. Businesses are disappearing practically overnight. Green phase is still a joke. No in person school, closed libraries, shortened business hours for many businesses, etc. Wolf doesn't have the $100/week extra for unemployment, and is writing letters to Congress for the $600. That's unlikely to happen, so he should free the people to make their own educated decisions about risk tolerance.
Our favorite place to have brunch in Pittsburgh closed permanently on June 18th. RIP "Thee Olde Place Inn."