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mofongo wrote
Several US states banned bars and dispensaries, but later tracked back. Apparently, the number of functional alcoholics are quite high.
An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote
Didn't stop South Africa, whose people drink more per person: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption_per_capita
celebratedrecluse wrote
they banned alcohol? why would the state ban alcohol during a pandemic?
An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote
I think it's moral? They also banned cigarettes.
Mostly I think a lot of violence and car accidents are bound up in drinking here. Crime has gone down massively under lockdown (In the first week of lockdown, only 94 murders were recorded in the country — from 326 in the same week in 2019. The number of rapes was down 86%.) Though obviously the variables here are confounded. One thing they said was that alcohol encourages gatherings?
celebratedrecluse wrote
What a great way to make it more difficult to cheaply sanitize surfaces
I am sorry for the people of SA
An_Old_Big_Tree OP wrote
Is South Africa the only place they banned alcohol in lockdown?