[2006alum]

And I thought the board was trying to implement the Terry Rule and was refraining from political commentary and "the blame game". 

I guess it's okay if it's of the appropriate POV.

Critical reading error: political commentary is kosher provided that it's related to COVID-19:

Adopting Terry's wise admonition:

I support the CardBoard's long-standing "no politics" rule. As I understand it, the moderators have relaxed that rule for the purpose of allowing discussion of the political response to Covid-19. I'd be favor of limiting the political comments to that issue. Posts [that] have nothing to do with Covid-19 [. . .] would be better avoided, IMO.

Thus, if a thread veers away from COVID-19 altogether for a few posts, the Mods will reserve the right to close it. This seems to be a better system than haphazardly giving out ad-hoc warnings.

[2006alum]

And I thought the board was trying to implement the Terry Rule and was refraining from political commentary and "the blame game". 

I guess it's okay if it's of the appropriate POV.

Critical reading error: political commentary is kosher provided that it's related to COVID-19:

Adopting Terry's wise admonition:

I support the CardBoard's long-standing "no politics" rule. As I understand it, the moderators have relaxed that rule for the purpose of allowing discussion of the political response to Covid-19. I'd be favor of limiting the political comments to that issue. Posts [that] have nothing to do with Covid-19 [. . .] would be better avoided, IMO.

Thus, if a thread veers away from COVID-19 altogether for a few posts, the Mods will reserve the right to close it. This seems to be a better system than haphazardly giving out ad-hoc warnings.