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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by reaperducer on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:27PM (#24213135)
in the US the term isn't used this way. Takeout restaurants, Starbucks, etc. have always remained open as "essential businesses".

Not where I live. All restaurants were shut down, even for take-out. They were only allowed to offer take-out food when restrictions started being lifted.

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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by SpicyLemonZest on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:32PM (#24213229)
Interesting, I'd only heard of that happening in other countries.
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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by reaperducer on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @01:44PM (#24213415)
50 states, and 50 different sets of rules.
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Re:Secret gyms and the economics of prohibition by wenc on Wednesday August 19, 2020 @05:17PM (#24216649)
Just curious, which state is this? (you don't have to respond if you don't want to -- I don't want to violate your privacy, I just want to know)

It just seems to me shutting down takeout makes it harder to enforce a lockdown. It assumes everyone is able to cook, which doesn't seem like a reasonable assumption.

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