Letters to the Editor 5-28-2020
Ice cream headache Dear ER: There was a story in downtown Hermosa Beach on Memorial Day — a story of mass delusion: “All is clear. We’ve sheltered long enough and it’s party time.” Almost all traces of social distancing or virus awareness were history, buried beneath tons of flesh and stupidity. Mobs of beachgoers were shouting, laughing and breathing all over each other. They appeared to be auditioning for parts as sardines in a can. Doesn’t anyone check L.A. County’s awful COVID-19 stats? It was bedlam inside the little ice cream shop at the old Bijou Theater building, where people were bunched up and clamoring for orders, maskless, brainless and gleeful as the Epsilons in Brave New World queuing up for their soma. What ever happened to lining up outside six feet apart? We felt real pity for the poor folks manning the scoops behind the counter. I hope they weren’t beaten to death by the dessert-crazed horde and that they stay healthy. I can’t tell you how many deluded customers were crowded in there because when you see a scene like that you move past it in a hurry and we got only a quick glimpse. If Dr. Fauci were there he’d have lost his famous cool and called out the National…
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