so glad @zeynep wrote this. Park closures amount to "pandemic theatre," pushed less by medical pros or epidemiologists than by local officials wanting to look like they're "doing something" and "taking the virus seriously." Going to parks is good! 
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/04/closing-parks-ineffective-pandemic-theater/609580/ …
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Her response is unfortunately the kind of thinking (both on the part of people going to parks in a pandemic and public officials closing them) that sees them closed. It's amazing the ways we express the false dichotomy as an excuse for public policy.
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