THE CORONAVIRUS IS NOT AN EQUAL-OPPORTUNITY KILLER.

A week ago, Packer fans had something to celebrate, and celebrate they did, to the dismay of the corona scolds.

Stadium View Bar & Grill was heavily criticized as irresponsible on social media after videos and photos from inside the business showed a crowd of maskless Packers fans celebrating the team's playoff victory Saturday over the Los Angeles Rams.

The videos, on TikTok and other social media, show fans who are cheering, dancing, giving high fives, eating and drinking, without any semblance of the social distancing recommended by authorities as a precaution to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

The mask Karens might have limited their grousing to negative comments on social media.

Ashwaubenon Public Safety Capt. Brian Amenson said police didn't receive any complaints about the lack of masks and social distancing at the watch party.

"Typically, we don't take enforcement action on those types of cases," Amenson said. "It's kind of a business preference. If they want to enforce it, they enforce it. There's no statute saying you have to wear a mask."

Village Administrator Joel Gregozeski said he would mention the situation to the Brown County Health and Human Services Department.

A Green Bay area emergency room physician did express his dismay.

Maybe I look at things a little differently than most other people since I am a health care worker. To me, the scenes on Facebook and in the media were truly disheartening. I understand people are experiencing COVID-19 fatigue as the pandemic inches closer and closer to the one-year mark. But now, with vaccines being rolled out, is not the time to relax.

But his elaboration suggests that people might evaluate their risks differently.

Maybe you haven’t had anyone close to you contract COVID-19. By now, most of us know at least a person or two who’s had it. Some breeze through it, but there are others who get hit really hard and some don’t make it.

As a doctor at Bellin Hospital in Green Bay, I have seen firsthand the dramatic impact that COVID-19 has on patients who come into our facility. Many of those patients are older with underlying conditions. Others, however, are not so old and some are quite young; we’ve even seen children with COVID-19.

In that first paragraph is the empirical basis for many people rejecting the mitigation efforts.  Glenn "Insta Pundit" Reynolds elaborates.

Anyway, it occurred to me that we may see the reverse of the AIDS education process. Back then, people didn’t take the disease seriously in general until someone they knew — not necessarily very well, but in their circle of acquaintances — got it. I wonder if widespread experience of not-very-serious coronavirus infections might have the opposite effect. It seems less scary than it did in March. Yes, people die of it, but not the 5-6% we feared then, and in most people it’s pretty mild.

He continues, "the experience [of catching it] has underwhelmed," sort of like the Packers' performance on Sunday.

There has to be a better way for Our Political Masters to manage this pandemic.