I gave it my best shot – to keep beaches open, that is. But, science and sensibility fell prey to what amounts to shutdown hysteria. The near Island-wide shutdown of “water activities” was admittedly fueled by some folks not displaying proper quarantining etiquette when beaching it.

I’ll stand firm – and defeated, momentarily – by persisting that there is absolutely no science proving any infectious/communicability danger from surf fishing and waveriding in Jersey waters. Please, do not try to roundaboutly usher in recent California findings of communicability in the Golden State.