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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
My comparison wasn't Costco/NHL, just the point that there are already people who, when given free and easy access to one of the best things we can do to protect each other from the virus when around other people, still choose not to do it.
And to be clear I only think it's a good point that people shouldn't dismiss out of hand. I don't think the NHL should stop on account of the idiot population (if that's how life worked, we wouldn't be able to do anything), we should all just be aware that it will also have a negative effect and make it that much harder to get buy-in from people that are already difficult to deal with. And I don't think it's an insignificant number of people.
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I think this is a salient point too. Just dismissing it because we know it's clearly not business as usual doesn't change the appearance to the larger masses.
What about the young kids? They are going to see hockey back on and think that things are back to normal too. Meanwhile, many jurisdisctions in the states are struggling to consider how to safely send them back to schools... don't want those messages to conflict. If NHL players can muck about with each other, why can't the kids at recess? I know our answer will be testing and such, but that doesn't transfer to the mind of a 7 year old.