I think it's fair that to point this out in an effort to come off as fair and balanced. I've shared my criticism of Trump many, many times on these boards. But you are correct, all of these politicians make mistakes. One just questions if this was a mistake or Gavin just choosing to not follow his own guidelines thinking he would not get caught. It's very bad optics to say the least.
No doubt its bad optics, as is any other politician that gets "caught". The point is its time to chalk it up to a mistake and to move passed this and not use it as the basis for why everyone else shouldn't follow medical advice for combating COVID.
Yep, I would never advocate using his actions to not follow medical advise. Wear. A. Mask.
Except that some around here are trying to use this for just that. Which is why I'm calling it out.
It's not just the medical community in this country, but across the world. It's also laughable on a Disney site. Walt Disney was a smoker who understood it was a bad habit who sought to avoid publicity images of him smoking, knowing he did not want to encourage children to pick up the habit.
I'm not savvy enough to post the pictures, but wait til you see them. It's not just one infraction, he broke every one of the mandates he's put out to the rest of the state that's seen the most restrictive lock down this entire time. He's there with not one mask to be seen in the entire enclosed room, at the table or standing in groups all closer than 6 ft. He's there with top medical as well as lobbyists. If the folks who are have all the data aren't concerned why should the rest of us continue to be so isolated and fearful?
You're right that Newsom's own actions shouldn't negate the health officials guidelines for dealing with the pandemic. I'm certainly not going to change anything I've been doing.
Which is unfortunate...some folks always looking for a way out of doing what's right.
It really is a bit of a catch 22 for him. I don't envy him trying to figure out how to balance the health of people and health of businesses/the economy. I guess you can always hope that the economy will rebound (it will) but you can't bring the dead back to life.
Here's the Science and Data on the birthday dinner Governor Newsom attended at The French Laundry this month.
Newsom's dinner took place on November 6th. The weather in Yountville, California that day was partly cloudy with a high of 58 and a low of 44. Obviously the dinner with 12 people was indoors with the windows closed with evening temps in the 50's heading towards the 40's. It was likely held in this private dining room at The French Laundry that seats up to 12 people, since all large parties at The French Laundry need to go through the Private Dining reservation system and having the super cool Governor attend would automatically trigger extra-schmooziness anyway.
I really do like those Saarinen-esque chairs! But it's not an overly large room, as you can see. Often a suburban home has a dining/great room space this size or larger, plus you've got the kids table out in the family room to spread dining even further apart. And rarely does a Thanksgiving dinner stretch longer than 3 hours at the table, unlike the famous 9 course menus presented at The French Laundry.
So if Mr. and Mrs. Newsom can attend a long, indoor dinner in this small room with a dozen other people from 6 other households, then you can certainly have a dozen or more friends and family over to your home for Thanksgiving!
It's COVID-19 Proof! Apparently you can't spread or catch Covid by dining like this.
That's just it though, this is not about him. Despite how some keep trying to make it be about him, what California is and has been doing is not actually completely and totally out of line with the recommendations of the medical community. Despite repeatedly saying the guidelines are arbitrary, it seems clear now that those in the amusement park and attractions industry do not believe they have a convincing argument.
