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LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties

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Re: LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties

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Can we get a recap of the Corona figures broken down by country just for a laugh? I get the impression some countries aren't taking this as seriously as others.

The leading countries are Australia, NZ, South Korea etc:

https://covid19.healthdata.org

The estimate is that the US will be at 300,000 deaths by end of year. Whilst NZ will be at 22. US is 65x more populous so if they adopted similar policies would have been at 1430 deaths. And it could even be a million deaths by the time a vaccine is readily available.

And people like to bring up the island nonsense but fact is that the borders are largely closed with Canada and Mexico so the problem is purely to do with domestic policies and behaviours.

Re: LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties

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A simple fine or some other existing punishment would have sufficed. The legal system has had the tools to deal with rule breakers for centuries already. Cutting off water and electricity for order violations sets a very bad precedent, and is highly irresponsible. I'm shocked that it's even legal to do so.

Is it even legal?

Yes it is legal. Here is the motion:

https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/davidryucc/pages/2849/...

Re: LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties

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A simple fine or some other existing punishment would have sufficed. The legal system has had the tools to deal with rule breakers for centuries already. Cutting off water and electricity for order violations sets a very bad precedent, and is highly irresponsible. I'm shocked that it's even legal to do so.

For people who glaringly have too much money to even care about it is a fine really a punishment?

Re: LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties

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post #8

Can we get a recap of the Corona figures broken down by country just for a laugh? I get the impression some countries aren't taking this as seriously as others.

The leading countries are Australia, NZ, South Korea etc: https://covid19.healthdata.org The estimate is that the US will be at 300,000 deaths by end of year. Whilst NZ will be at 22. US is 65x more populous so if they adopted similar policies would have been at 1430 deaths. And it could even be a million deaths by the time a vaccine is readily available. And people like to bring up the island nonsense but fact is th…

We are locked down here in Auckland, and had an admission to ICU today - I hope you are right that the death toll doesn’t rise. The new outbreak has been a bit of a shock out of complacency.

I wouldn’t choose to be in any other country at the moment, but this second lockdown has caused much more negativity than the first.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/424048/covid-19-what-hap...

Re: LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties

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Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti said on Wednesday that he had authorized the city to disconnect utility service at a Hollywood Hills house after it hosted several large parties in "flagrant violation" of COVID-19 public health orders.

The announcement comes two weeks after Garcetti first warned that properties hosting "un-permitted large gatherings" could have their water and power service shut off as a consequence.

Seems completely reasonable to me. I find it bizarre that the internet has an issue with it, the same internet that talks like the Gestapo about trying to force every last person to wear a mask at gun point.

Re: LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Hosted Large Parties

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it even legal?

Yes it is legal. Here is the motion: https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/davidryucc/pages/2849/...

Maybe we ought to change our laws to account for the super rich who can just bypass most penalties using their wealth or connections.
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