Quarantine fatigue and the tragedy of the commons
As parts of the region and country move towards "reopening," many people probably have had enough of the limitations imposed by their quarantine lives. I assume that there are people out there having surreptitious small gatherings with others outside of their household. This has to be happening to some extent, though I have no idea exactly how prevalent it is. And it's not like people would be openly trumpeting their social exploits of this nature, lest they be perceived as reckless and potentially endangering public health. While I would like to see my friends in person again as much as anyone else, if everyone decides that they, too, are going to start socializing with people outside of their household, it potentially sets us up for a tragedy of the commons situation. In this case, the tragedy is an increased spread of the virus resulting from these gatherings. Inevitably, at least some of these gatherings may result in virus transmission. Of course, I have no idea