OK, first read this interesting point from the UK perspective about the Great Scotch Egg Debate.
Now, doesn’t this sound like what is happening in a certain metropolitan area in Southern California? Tying meals to alcohol and what the politicians mean when they do it. Pete Brown does argue persuasively that this is not some 2020 version of prohibition as I have proclaimed it is in numerous posts since March. The idea that politicians are just trying to limit people in ways they will accept, albeit grudgingly Eric Clapton, does make more sense especially in light of the current stay at home orders we are living under.
Notice that the order started AFTER Thanksgiving and is served to expire BEFORE Christmas. That totally lines up with what Brown is saying in his post. Politicians are just swaying with the wind. And there’s is no bigger wind than late year holidays. If breweries complain enough, they get to have outdoor seating but only if the cases stay flat. Once that number rises, hospitals bark (rightfully) and restrictions return but only on what politicians can push past the populace. The stay at home should have started before any holiday and stay in place until the chart trends down, no matter what Santa’s plans are.