An even more basic reason that the new CDC guidelines won’t have much of an impact is that tens of millions of Americans were already going “out on the town” long before the CDC said it was OK. Over a month ago, my polling showed that 41% of voters had already ignored CDC guidelines by having dinner at an indoor restaurant. When you add in other activities like attending large social events, in-person church, concerts and sports events, 66% of all voters had defied the agency guidelines. The new CDC declaration didn’t have any impact on those who were already comfortable going out to restaurants and bars. The few who were aware of the CDC decision probably rolled their eyes in amazement and wondered what took the agency so long. But what about the people who have been obeying the CDC guidelines? Will the new guidelines change their behavior? It’s unlikely.