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Originally Posted by R Clark
Pete, you’re smart enough to know you can’t put a timeline on this shit.
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Yeah, actually you can. Now will the timeline change? Possibly. If your goal was not met. But then you would have to actually have a stated goal and a way to measure it.
See where I am going with this? You put the order in place because X. So what do you need to see to go back to Y?
Have some actual stated metrics, you know?
Examples could be, the percentage of increased cases in x amount of time
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Number of cases in a specific area
These are not unfathomable things. What we heard today was cases are going up and it appears to be going up where masks are not worn. Okay, fair enough. You mandate masks everywhere. Until what? What is it you need to see before you think it's okay to ease that restriction or turn it back over to the locals?
Point is, stating a goal helps on a number of fronts. It re-assures people this isn't just something without end. It also can encourage participation as well. And you have to be ****ing consistent about it. Which means you can't excuse 1,000's rioting in the streets then get pissy because people go to a bar.