> Why are people like you so damn negative about this and so deliberately intent in disrupting society when it's in such a state of stress? Why are so many of you so intent in trying to undermine and sabotage the rest of us when we're doing our darndest to try and protect ourselves from this cursed disease?
It is pretty simple, actually.
When facing a critical situation one need to (A) do as much as possible to rectify it, and (B) don't do anything that counter- or non-productive in the context. In other words, all resources must be thrown into useful action and none into useless. People are generally not bad judges of what is entirely counterproductive. No-one is wearing the seatbelts while riding the bicycle, or wearing condom outside of specific situation, "just in case" they may not have time to put it on. To "us" - I think I may identify with your "people like you" - the stuff from (B) is a sign that situation is not that critical, if we still can afford being frivolous. Remember, trust, goodwill and compliance are resources just like everything else.
So, in case of this cursed disease we had the following measures implemented, among many:
- 9-5 curfew in VIC, AU, summarily for 5 or 6 months out of the last 20. I'm sensing that you may be familiar with that.
- Mandatory face coverings even when solo walking in the middle of nowhere. According to Premier, "we cannot afford to discuss the alternative, too esoteric"
- 5km limit of movement. So one couldn't go for a beach walk with kids, but junkies could go to the city's "injection room" because it is "essential medical care".
All the above was imposed with total confidence ("You cannot argue with super-computer!" - literal quote from the Premier), backed by riot police with rubber bullets. And then fought tooth and nail in the court to not reveal the "health advice" behind it, because, apparently, it is "not in the public interest".
In the absence of the explanation about how the above contribute to disease protection it is not clear for "us" why it is on "us" to keep patience and be "considerate", but not on the "authorities" to do their job and think about outcome of their actions. I cannot imagine a malady that can be meaningfully alleviated with curfew or solo mask wearing. I cannot reason about lives saved by my family not going for a remote bushwalk. I can imagine that such things may be useful for intimidation and humiliation - not a good way to foster trust, isn't it? I, personally, would be more receptive to authorities' calls if they listened and, maybe, did not do things which are openly hostile and otherwise useless. You know, if they are "reasonable" and "considerate"!