https://www.siliconvalley.com/2021/12/11/editorial-contra-costa-covid-enforcement-collapse-endangered-lives/

Contra Costa County’s breakdown last month in its enforcement of restaurant COVID-19 protocols needlessly endangered lives, left scofflaws flaunting the rules and hung out to dry workers and patrons who had complained.

The county had been a leader in setting safety regulations. But requirements aimed at protecting the public against the deadly pandemic are of little value if violators can ignore them and those who speak up for public health receive no support from government officials. That sort of response serves only to enable future misbehavior.