The COVID-19 pandemic

[danbrotherston]

Also there is nothing wrong with going for a walk or a run. Just don’t form a crowd. Requiring short hours for retail likewise makes no sense — what is needed is to encourage long hours. In the extreme, imagine every store was open 7/24 (very expensive, of course, but just hypothetically): you could go shopping at 03:00 and have the store to yourself. One can’t reduce crowding by reducing the size in time and space of the volume in which the crowd exists.

It doesn't make sense for stores but it makes sense for social visits and emphasizing that these are extraordinary times. People are more likely to do things they shouldn't be doing at 03:00.

I understand the concept, but that's the opposite of what is actually implemented.

Stores are closed, but there is no curfew...the only thing you CAN do is go visit someone.