The Trump administration: Let's pretend that it's not that bad and will go away on its own by April. (It didn't, and hundreds of thousands died.)

The Biden administration: We're scared sh!tless of this. Pull out all the stops and practice an abundance of caution.

Salmo"s rationale: At least half of all Americans are stupid and can understand only black and white and are incapable of understanding statistics or nuance. So the gov't overstated its case and over reached. Given the stupidity of the general population, imagine the number of deaths that would have resulted had the gov't taken no action.

Special thanks and congratulations to the anti-vaxxers, anti-maskers, and anti-social distancers who contracted Covid and died, or nearly died, for proving your point, whatever it was.

Streamer, (who may not understand anything outside the bounds of black and white) not all evidence is equal. There is weak evidence, modest evidence, and clear, cogent, and convincing evidence. They are not all the same.