Love is apparently in the air in New York City. At least for 25 percent… or less.
Last Friday, the supreme leader of New York State, Governor Andrew Cuomo, declared that restaurants in the Big Apple could resume indoor dining at 25 percent capacity beginning Valentine’s Day as long as the city’s COVID-positivity rate remains in check.
According to ABC 7, Cuomo said,
“We make decisions based on facts, based on the numbers. New York City numbers are down. But facts change. It sounds inconsistent. We like to think a fact is always a fact. No, facts change. COVID facts change dramatically, and they change often… If there are facts, and the facts change, we will have a different situation. One state response that is a given, if any area’s hospital capacity hits 85%, then we go back to restrictions.”
With NYC’s positivity rate at 4.65 percent, Cuomo said if the numbers continue to decline, he would consider increasing the maximum capacity inside these restaurants.
TRENDPOST: The “facts” do not count. As we have quoted from the mouth of Cuomo, back in December, when he ordered New York City’s restaurants to stop serving meals indoors, he said only 1.4 percent of virus cases could be traced to restaurants and bars.
Yes, the grand total of 1.4 percent, that’s it. So why prohibit indoor dining for two months during the spring and for the last two months?
And, why on Valentine’s Day? Why not February 12th or 9th?
Why? Because they are making this crap up!
As we have detailed since the politicians launched the COVID War, there is no science-based evidence to make these decisions. It is the ego of politicians in charge – around the world – that destroyed millions of businesses and tens of millions of lives with their draconian lockdown orders.
And, again, despite this very low virus infection rate, severe restrictions have been placed on the restaurant business while the ruling Kings and Queens permit mass gatherings and big box stores to remain open with few restrictions.
Yet, the mainstream media never question these arbitrary rules nor demand scientific data. Actually, the opposite is their mission, condemning those of us who do want the facts as “conspiracy theorists,” “right-wingers,” and/or “populists.”
Magic Number Percent Stupidity
An analysis of restaurant capacities and how many people can sit at a table or bar, as we have noted, are made up by politicians. For example, in Arizona, indoor capacity is 50 percent with a maximum of ten people at a table. In Arkansas, they allow 66-percent capacity and ten people.
Connecticut is at 50 percent but only six people per table. Yet, in Delaware, it’s 30 percent capacity and the maximum number of guests per table is four adults.
New Jersey is a 25-percent capacity with a maximum of eight guests per table, but it’s unlimited for members of the same family or from the same household.
Philadelphia has allowed 25-percent capacity inside restaurants since 16 January, and Chicago and Michigan approved a 25-percent dining capacity last week.
Again, we note the variety of numbers to exemplify the factual stupidity of the draconian rules that are being imposed on businesses around the world without scientific data. Name the city, the state, or nation, politicians make up the marching orders to fight the COVID War.
Liar Newsom
The first in the U.S. to launch COVID War last year, California Governor Gavin Newsom said from the start that his COVID policy decisions would be driven by data, which would be available to the public.
A year later, Newsom refuses to deliver what he promised with the line that the people are too stupid to understand the facts. Or as reported by AP, “State health officials said they rely on a very complex set of measurements that would confuse and potentially mislead the public if they were made public.”
Whether it’s California or South Africa… states, nations, cities, and politicians do what they wish to fight the COVID War. Facts don’t matter, power does.
