Easy response here is bars/strip clubs shouldn't be open at all. And of course, the priority debate follows that says schools must be safely reopened before anything else deemed "non-essential" can be 1/ https://toronto.ctvnews.ca/toronto-strip-club-employee-may-have-exposed-more-than-500-people-to-covid-19-1.5064310

The problem is this follows a binary thinking fallacy that has become a recurrent narrative thread throughout this pandemic. No bars without schools. No public safety without crippling an economy. No pandemic control or functional society without vaccine 2/

Business owners have the right to earn a living and consumers have the right to frequent establishments that are legally open. We may not agree on the definition of "essential" or if they are in keeping with our values but that is a separate matter 3/

It is just as conceivable that a school or a house of worship become the spawning grounds for an outbreak of Covid-19 as a strip club or a bar. What determines this is not the purpose of the establishment but the context of the given situation 4/

More important is the ability to ensure that individuals are protected by a environment that supports safety and allows proper contact tracing in the event of a positive case. Will this be served best by shouting down or shaming anyone involved? Not likely 5/

I'm not suggesting everyone flock to the nearest happy hour/lap dance. Instead, reminding that outbreaks are inevitable ANYWHERE and will happen despite our best efforts in many cases. Also better to know rather than not what the source is 6/

Easy to judge, apply moral yardsticks, fall prey to "all or none" dichotomies. Won't never serve us well in a pandemic this complex in its depth and societal toll. Let's find constructive, thoughtful avenues to engage and educate, not alienate. End 7/