I am more amazed at how many people are out Christmas Shopping. If you wanted to stop this spread you would have had to also cancel christmas or at least get people to not go out and shop.
But that is an impossible task as people are out there buying the presents, packing the stores. If there were a time to implement the crowd limits this would've been that time. Also, the companies went out of their way to promote all the christmas crap, you think the department stores would want to take that loss again.
I'll say though, that this pandemic basically reality checked the entire structure of the western civilization the world currently lives by. That's what is being weighed by many people, and it will continue to be weighed as things keep going the way they are. People are going to snap, they're going to reach their breaking points and do things (hopefully beneficial). It's all because no one can control people. I have said this when this pandemic started and I myself am just sitting back watching the testing, and gradual unraveling, of the western civilization.
When humans gather to discuss and analyze life, a lot of them do not agree with one another. So how can you expect everyone to follow what one person determines for all to follow?...You can't as there will always be people who do not come to the same conclusion. That's why Leaders should listen to every word from every person of their society and gather a consensus to enact what the people want. If that's what the people want, that's what the people get. It's not beneficial at all for the leaders to ignore and neglect what the people want, it leads to turmoil from the people and the people have a threshold to how much they will take. When a storms been brewing and it rains, it pours.
I will also say this. I do not mind wearing a mask when required by the business, I do not care if the business doesn't require me to wear one either, so I won't if not required. I do not mind testing, it's what my tribe has been doing since the pandemic started and what I had to do to continue attending my university for the fall semester. I also always try to wash my hands under mid-way between warm and hot water, sometimes I would let my hands sit in the water because it's warm and feels good. I don't like having nasty things on my hands and will wash them whenever I get stuff on them. If anything, I am glad that more people are actually washing their hands, because why would you not wash your hands after taking a dump at wal-mart.