Opinion: So, what did we learn from three years of COVID in California?
Three years ago today, Gov. Gavin Newsom issued the statewide stay-at-home order that none of us are likely to ever forget.At the time, Newsom warned that approximately 56% of Californians would become infected with COVID-19 in just eight weeks.
Economic activity was divided into “essential” and “nonessential” at the discretion of the government. People were told en masse, in other words, that whatever they did wasn’t essential. Their businesses weren’t essential. Not to the government, at least. Hiking paths were shut down, at least one paddle boarder was arrested in Malibu and a surfer was fined $1,000 in Manhattan Beach for going in the water.
While government K-12 schools were shuttered in California longer than in most other states, many private schools, including those Newsom’s kids went to, reopened quickly in the fall of 2020. Again, rules for thee and not for me.
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