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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
| − | + | {{incomplete|Created by a BUBBLE-PERSON, not a POD-PERSON. Please mention here why this explanation isn't complete. Do NOT delete this tag too soon.}} | |
| − | During the | + | During the coronavirus pandemic, various degrees of household self-isolation were often asked of people, depending on location, once it became understood that there was a virus spreading through contact/proximity vectors. |
As the initial surge of cases appeared to decline, in places where such drastic restrictions had been implemented and seemingly had prevented ever higher infection rates, many regions decreased the strictness of these measures. For instance, permitting any two households (neither having signs of symptoms) to meet with each other ''and only each other'', or allowing one person in a multi-occupancy residence to invite just one other person to reassociate with. Further relaxation of rules may have occurred since, with the caveat that even one case of COVID-19 discovered in such a co-isolating group of people should be considered a risk factor to every other member (however the local jurisdiction deals with that). | As the initial surge of cases appeared to decline, in places where such drastic restrictions had been implemented and seemingly had prevented ever higher infection rates, many regions decreased the strictness of these measures. For instance, permitting any two households (neither having signs of symptoms) to meet with each other ''and only each other'', or allowing one person in a multi-occupancy residence to invite just one other person to reassociate with. Further relaxation of rules may have occurred since, with the caveat that even one case of COVID-19 discovered in such a co-isolating group of people should be considered a risk factor to every other member (however the local jurisdiction deals with that). | ||
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The title text refers to travel restrictions. Many countries have placed limitations on its citizens' travel, particularly in and out of that country. Canada has mandated 14-day self-isolation on anyone who has returned from out-of-country, and has strictly limited any attempts to leave the country, with the United States being specifically noted as a high-risk tourism destination. Randall jokes that such measures are only 99% meant as COVID-19 precautions, with the remaining 1% being due to the authorities sharing Randall's semantic opinions. | The title text refers to travel restrictions. Many countries have placed limitations on its citizens' travel, particularly in and out of that country. Canada has mandated 14-day self-isolation on anyone who has returned from out-of-country, and has strictly limited any attempts to leave the country, with the United States being specifically noted as a high-risk tourism destination. Randall jokes that such measures are only 99% meant as COVID-19 precautions, with the remaining 1% being due to the authorities sharing Randall's semantic opinions. | ||
| − | <!-- So, my theory is that 'Pod' is a term used by those in the more risky US, compared with Bubble up in Canada, which explains the | + | <!-- So, my theory is that 'Pod' is a term used by those in the more risky US, compared with Bubble up in Canada, which explains the titletext on at least two layers of understanding and would be a very clever joke/reference by Randall. But I have no way of easily confirming it, so if you're here to edit in a titletext explanation and know (either way) the truth of this, feel free to mention it or otherwise. --> |
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
| − | :[Cueball is walking to the right with Megan. He has | + | :[Cueball is walking to the right with Megan. He has raised a clenched fist.] |
:Cueball: I ''refuse'' to bubble with anyone who calls it a "pod" and not a "bubble". | :Cueball: I ''refuse'' to bubble with anyone who calls it a "pod" and not a "bubble". | ||
