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Straight Outta 1984… California’s new Orwellian lockdown rules are bound to impact Thanksgiving by limiting gatherings to three households, outdoors only, and under two hours; plus, worldwide COVID-19 infections exploding.
The rules read like something out of a dystopian nightmare, but these aren’t some fictional totalitarian rules – they are frighteningly real.
On October 9, the State of California Health And Human Services Agency issued new guidelines through the California Department of Public health called “Guidance for Private Gatherings.” The order was signed by California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s Acting Health Director, Sandra Shewry.
If you live in California, and have a large family, the state has some bad news for you. Some people are going to have to miss out on Thanksgiving, Christmas, wedding, and birthday celebrations.
According to the new rules: “Gatherings that include more than 3 households are prohibited. This includes everyone present, including hosts and guests. Remember, the smaller the number of people, the safer.”
And for those people who do get together, you better cherish your time, because you’re allowed very little.
According to the new rules: “Gatherings should be two hours or less. The longer the duration, the risk of transmission increases.”
Forget about singing happy birthday, that’s out.
According to the new rules: “Singing, chanting, and shouting are strongly discouraged.”
Lastly, no matter how cold it is, you can only gather outside.
According to the new rules: “All gatherings must be held outside.”
But if you have to pee, they might let you go inside to use the restroom, but only under certain conditions.
According to the new rules: “Attendees may go inside to use restrooms as long as the restrooms are frequently sanitized.”
So make sure you put grandma to work scrubbing the toilet after each time someone takes a leak. Otherwise, apparently, everyone has to hold it.
The above is only a small example of the very detailed and strict rules. Read the rest here.
Apparently, if you want to gather to protest, loot, or riot – these rules don’t apply.
Comedian Rob Schneider took a swipe at California Governor Gavin Newsom by pointing out the absurdity of the new rules.
Schneider tweeted: “Dear Emperor @GavinNewsom, During our allotted 3 family limit this Thanksgiving, if my Aunt comes over, can I throw her a slice of turkey from the window? We promise NOT to sing… we will all just whisper, ‘PLEASE RECALL DIP*** GAVIN NEWSON!'”
As of early Monday, October 19, 2020, the total number of confirmed coronavirus infections around the world had risen to 40,375,339, with 1,119,589 deaths. There were 9,097,163 currently active infections of COVID-19 and of those, 72,058 were serious or critical, according to worldometers.info.
On Sunday, India led the world with 55,551 new cases and 578 new deaths, followed by the United States with 44,941 new cases and 448 deaths. They were followed by France with 29,837 cases and 85 deaths, and the UK with 16,982 cases and 67 deaths.
Russia also saw 15,099 new cases and 185 deaths.
Mexico had the third-highest number of deaths at 355, followed by Iran at 252 and Brazil at 215.
