Good points, Tate. I think the mock outrage comes from the fact that, at least in my state, the local Wal mart or target sees more people on a Saturday than the sbe sees in its entirety, and the world keeps spinning.
Heck, the powers that be see fit to stick me and 25 students in a classroom, and have since August, so exactly how worried are they? We have had gyms with hundreds at basketball games, had a great football season, and apa is rolling right along. I think that is one reason people roll their eyes at these cancellations, they see life going on all around them.
I concede the fact that it is likely different outside my little corner of the world.