[Goose]

Yeah, and if the SMC Health Officer says no resident is allowed to get groceries, in-person, in the county (must have all home-delivered), is the Menlo Park resident who goes to the Safeway in Palo Alto more at fault or less at fault than the Stanford athletes for their behavior?  Is the most strict regulation ALWAYS the best one for everyone?

Certainly not. But that isn't germane. For some reason people seem to believe that they individually get to decide whether to follow a regulation. They do not have that right. Society can't function if everybody gets to basically do what they personally believe is  right. They can write letters to the editor and picket the county supervisors office, but they still have to get their groceries delivered. It has to work like that, especially when things are not going well and we don't all agree on the path ahead.

Uniformity of rules - especially at level we're talking about here - is pretty important for buy in.  Maybe the other counties will join the SCC Health Officer . . . or maybe she will not be the outlier on this.  Which way are you betting?

Unfortunately, you are correct, and even more unfortunately "buy in" is the apparently declared prerequisite to following regulations, it would seem. Obviously, in the long term regulations that are not justifiable will be ignored. However, this is not a "long term" situation. When it comes to emergency situations (and this is clearly an emergency) the public can't be allowed to decide if they "buy in". A good plan (even one with overkill) executed today can be effective. A perfect plan executed in a month when everybody has "bought in" (if that can even ever happen) is far too late. By then, hospitals will be overrun.
As for my "bet", I have been saying for a while now that I expect a SIP will be required to stop this current surge. We may just possibly get by with the SAH as the State has defined it, but right now it is not looking probable. FWIW, we drove by the Stanford shopping center a few minutes ago. If that parking lot was 20% full most of those cars must be cardboard cutouts. I guess people aren't "buying in".

[Goose]

Yeah, and if the SMC Health Officer says no resident is allowed to get groceries, in-person, in the county (must have all home-delivered), is the Menlo Park resident who goes to the Safeway in Palo Alto more at fault or less at fault than the Stanford athletes for their behavior?  Is the most strict regulation ALWAYS the best one for everyone?

Certainly not. But that isn't germane. For some reason people seem to believe that they individually get to decide whether to follow a regulation. They do not have that right. Society can't function if everybody gets to basically do what they personally believe is  right. They can write letters to the editor and picket the county supervisors office, but they still have to get their groceries delivered. It has to work like that, especially when things are not going well and we don't all agree on the path ahead.

Uniformity of rules - especially at level we're talking about here - is pretty important for buy in.  Maybe the other counties will join the SCC Health Officer . . . or maybe she will not be the outlier on this.  Which way are you betting?

Unfortunately, you are correct, and even more unfortunately "buy in" is the apparently declared prerequisite to following regulations, it would seem. Obviously, in the long term regulations that are not justifiable will be ignored. However, this is not a "long term" situation. When it comes to emergency situations (and this is clearly an emergency) the public can't be allowed to decide if they "buy in". A good plan (even one with overkill) executed today can be effective. A perfect plan executed in a month when everybody has "bought in" (if that can even ever happen) is far too late. By then, hospitals will be overrun.
As for my "bet", I have been saying for a while now that I expect a SIP will be required to stop this current surge. We may just possibly get by with the SAH as the State has defined it, but right now it is not looking probable. FWIW, we drove by the Stanford shopping center a few minutes ago. If that parking lot was 20% full most of those cars must be cardboard cutouts. I guess people aren't "buying in".