[Mick]

While you may be correct that it will go over like a lead balloon, it may be the only way. Education isn't going to work. People know what the situation is. They just don't believe their Thanksgiving dinner with 30 people can possibly be an issue. As long as they believe they have a choice, that won't change. I do however doubt that there are many politicians who will even consider enforcement, and as long as that is so, we are well and truely doomed IMHO.

One of the prominent consultants in my field wrote a book titled "Strategy and the Fat Smoker."  This was a Hahvahd MBA-trained individual who made education his career, and in this book, he essentially admitted that it didn't work.  As you may glean from the title, strategy and education over ceasing smoking and following a better nutritional path is of extremely limited success. I sense the same is true for social distancing, wearing masks, keeping one's hands clean, not touching one's face, etc.

[Mick]

While you may be correct that it will go over like a lead balloon, it may be the only way. Education isn't going to work. People know what the situation is. They just don't believe their Thanksgiving dinner with 30 people can possibly be an issue. As long as they believe they have a choice, that won't change. I do however doubt that there are many politicians who will even consider enforcement, and as long as that is so, we are well and truely doomed IMHO.

One of the prominent consultants in my field wrote a book titled "Strategy and the Fat Smoker."  This was a Hahvahd MBA-trained individual who made education his career, and in this book, he essentially admitted that it didn't work.  As you may glean from the title, strategy and education over ceasing smoking and following a better nutritional path is of extremely limited success. I sense the same is true for social distancing, wearing masks, keeping one's hands clean, not touching one's face, etc.