It's time for DC to shut down indoor dining again
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Anonymous
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Okay to eat inside. Okay to go to church inside. No school. Can't do leaf collection (a real head scratcher).
It's all a disorganized mess where it's clear the city is happy to let private business go on as usual but provide as few public services as possible. |
Anonymous
Your point stands, but DC reversed itself on leaf collection and will vacuum them up as usual. |
Anonymous
Gyms are fairly empty and there isn't much risk to those working there. Seems different than restaurants. |
Anonymous
Have they’ll also stopped parking enforcement? I drive into my office occasionally and it seems like people are parking wherever they want these days. |
Anonymous
I don't think so. I still see the parking enforcement cars around Logan Circle and Dupont. |
Anonymous
Yes. They're only enforcing safety measures -- no parking in front of a hydrant, etc. But everything else is fair game -- skip feeding the meter, park in whatever RPP zone you want, have expired tags, park in the middle of Constitution Ave during rush hour, etc. Enjoy. Can't wait until my block is available for residents again instead of MD and VA commuters. |
Anonymous
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I haven’t paid for on street parking since March. No tickets.
Very glad trash is still being picked up! |
Anonymous
| Considering indoor dining is cool with DC and going to school is not, maybe kids can start going to school at restaurants. |
Anonymous
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"It is one of the defining perversities of the country’s response to the pandemic that many cities have kept indoor dining open while schools are closed — prioritizing economic activity over the welfare of children. New York City, which for much of the fall stood out as the rare big city where children still could learn in classrooms, announced Wednesday that it would close its schools for in-person learning, even as the city allows people to eat inside restaurants, drink in bars and exercise in gyms.
Again: Children are allowed to eat in restaurants but not learn in classrooms." https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/18/opinion/covid-restaurants-aid.html?smid=tw-share |
Anonymous
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Bowser again fails to completely address the issue, reduces indoor dining capacity to 25 percent and not until Dec. 14. So utterly dumb. Alcohol sales must end by 10 p.m. starting Wednesday (because, you know, the coronavirus isn't infective after 10 p.m.).
https://twitter.com/MarkLeeDC/status/1330919545243127810 |
Anonymous
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Such an FU to parents with school age children. It's been statistically proven that our bars are super-spreaders. Our schools are not, given this particular disease.
https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/computer-model-cell-phone-data-predict-covid-19s/story?id=74168490 |
Anonymous
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Why are folks comparing bars, gyms and restaurants with schools? Is it not common sense as to the reason why schools aren’t opened?
Adults can follow strict rules Vice telling a child to only stay in their seat. The child may not do it intentionally, but it’ll be a hard ask. |
Anonymous
Privates are open (for now) and kids have been following the rules. Zero cases so far at my kids private. Pretty different, IMO, from bars/restaurants where there is little social distancing, especially as more alcohol is consumed, and there are no masks being worn. |
Anonymous
The difference is that the people who run/work at bars and restaurants want them open, but teachers do not want schools open. It's the same reason club sports are open...coaches want them open. This experience has made me realize that my kids' coaches care more about their mental/physical health than their private school teachers. |
Anonymous
But at some point the mayor is the teachers' boss and has to make a decision about schools that's not entirely driven by the teachers. |