How to achieve social distancing at Wisconsin bars - a humble suggestion.

[IggleDuer]

MSNBC ran a piece earlier today. They were interviewing patrons at a bar. One was a nurse celebrating her ability to decompress after a stressful day at work. Employers might want to screen her frequently for her COVID-19 status, before she infects patients. She might also have an alcohol problem as well.

A second patron, apparently feeling a little inebriated, said he drove to the bar and parked in the parking lot.

My suggestion is to place some police units outside the bars, looking for potential drunk drivers. It might clear out the bars fairly quickly. Can’t arrest them for social distancing, but you can for drunk driving.

If they don’t care for their safety from COVID-19, I seriously doubt these bar customers would think about having a designated driver.

[brooklynite]

1. You want to assign police outside EVERY bar?

[LakeArenal]

2. That would take a lot of cops in Wisconsin.

A LOT. Especially in places like Green Bay.

[riversedge]

3. Population of my small town is 534 (2018) but 4 bars and another 1/4

mile out and another about 3 miles down the road.

[IggleDuer]

4. No, just a few.

They could move from place to place. Remember the DUI checkpoints that some police place on weekends and holidays.

[ChangeNHope]

5. A nurse that wants to decompress?

And you're suggesting she has an ETOH problem? Seems a bit over the top.


If anyone should be allowed to decompress it should be docs and nurses. In a socially distant manner of course.

Police already routine patrol around/near bars/clubs/hotspots looking for drunk drivers.

[IggleDuer]

6. I'm in the medical community. We used to have "Fluid Rounds."

However, going to a bar while knowing the risks of COVID-19 makes her decision-making ability questionable.

[SoCalNative]

7. Exactly

Last time I checked it was still perfectly acceptable to "decompress" at home. Far safer too, even without a pandemic.

[ChangeNHope]

9. No disagreement

I did add with proper social distancing.

*edit*

My only issue was to suggest this nurse has a drinking problem. She could also have a drinking problem at home.

[Skittles]

11. I feel like I am staying at home so people like her are not overwhelmed

it seems odd that such a person would ignore the standard advice regarding this virus

[ChangeNHope]

12. Who really knows what is going through her mind.

But you and the others are correct. This is a lapse of judgement. But I still maintain that it does mean/ indicate she has an ETOH problem.

[Skittles]

13. I suspect she is just a garden-variety Trump humper

like him, zero common sense

[IggleDuer]

21. She may not have an alcohol problem ..

But appearing on TV against sound medical advice might lead to her supervisors questioning her decisions at work.

[ChangeNHope]

22. They already have.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100213437701#post8

[IggleDuer]

23. Let's say that she gets fired ...

... she then goes on Faux News and claims that her “freedoms” were violated. Instant victim. Runs for office in some isolated Podunk county. Becomes a RW celebrity.

[ChangeNHope]

24. Would she do more damage and harm as a nurse or as an elected official?

I guess that depends on the level of office, maybe.

[ChangeNHope]

8. Well, it appears others know who she is

https://www.modernhealthcare.com/providers/advocate-aurora-execs-respond-report-bar-going-nurse-wisconsin

[milestogo]

10. My suggestion:

Everyone should get inebriated at home, and give their car keys to a sober friend or relative. Then they can have a zoom meeting with all the other drunks in their neighborhood.

"For nothing shall come between a Wisconsinite and his or her alcohol."

[Jimbo S]

14. Slap on the wrist for first offense

Unfortunately. A DUI is almost a rite of passage for some people here.

[IggleDuer]

16. Yes, but it may be a deterrent to go out drinking ....

... when they should be practicing quarantine.

[Nature Man]

15. Patronizing a bar isn't probable cause for a traffic stop

on paper.

But cops usually don't need probable cause because they're more than happy to make shit up to initiate a traffic stop.

But yeah, I see your point.

Then again, the cops are probably on board with this, I'm sure many of them are chump supporting drunks too.

[IggleDuer]

17. Would you go to a bar with a cop car parked out front?

N/T

[Nature Man]

20. did you notice I said "on paper?"

I haven't drank alcohol in 30 years.

[Luciferous]

18. You must not be from WI. The number of bars here is ridiculous, I can't even

imagine there are enough cops in this state to cover half the bars lol

I think of it as natural selection, although shame on that nurse she should know better.

[democrattotheend]

19. I jokingly told my friend who used to live there

That she and her boyfriend, an essential worker who has to ride the NYC subway to get to work, that they should do their patriotic duty and go visit some of these bars, preferably in the reddest part of Wisconsin. If he is a carrier, it's a win-win - the bar owners get some much-needed extra business, and their patrons get a step closer to the herd immunity they've been clamoring for. And if there are a few fewer Trump voters around in the closest state from 2016 come November, well, that's just an unfortunate consequence.