The list contains basically every business in existence. The application is what is arbitrary. Factories with PPE and distancing is a no go, but construction is OK. You can go to a liquor store but can not get heart surgery. Then, on a national level you get bizzare edge cases like attempts to shut down drive in church services
It seems pretty clear to me that elective heart surgery, you forgot that qualifier, would be restricted when it can only take place in a building that may be covered in virus. Liquor stores don’t contain intubated individuals suffering from COVID-19, so the risks are clearly different. Is that arbitrary?
In a country of 330 million you’re bound to get edge cases, that doesn’t prove anything.
Yes, I consider these examples to be arbitrary. The risks are different, but is not clear that one is safer than another. Interpretations are different county to county with no rhyme or reason, with safer locations implementing more restrictive measures.
Examples of bad edge cases prove that bad edge cases exist. These too are arbitrary, but by definition, less commonplace.
> You can go to a liquor store but can not get heart surgery.
You can still get your heart surgery if it cannot wait. I know this because my dad had to get a cardiac stent fairly recently. But if you're getting a pacemaker (or another elective surgery), that can wait, there's no reason to risk it.
And with regards to the liquor stores: there are a lot of alcoholics in the US, and I live in a state where the state sells everything strong. If they closed the ABC stores, you'd see the ERs fill up with alcoholics going through withdrawal.
