Pandemic Rules are like Airport Rules, except everywhere is assumed to be an Airport.
Airport Rules state the any time is a good time to do anything and normal conventions are put aside.
i.e. Beer at 7am. Shots at 10am. Breakfast at midnight. Sleeping during the day. etc.
Airport Rules extend to when one is in Transit. Therefore we could consider Pandemic Rules to be Airport Rules where we are in an on going state of Transit.
During a Pandemic...
A: When is cocktail hour?
B: Pandemic Rules!
A: Then it is cocktail hour!
B: It's always cocktail hour during the pandemic.
Pandemic police are annoying busybodies during Covid-19, who constantly judge and shame people allegedly breaking social distancing rules and buying "non-essential" purchases.
Common targets are single moms going grocery shopping with obviously young children, people walking their dog, old couple going for a walk around their block, siblings playing together on their own backyard, not wearing a mask or gloves, any "non-essential" purchase even if it's with an "essential"purchase. They often either make a snide remark or post a picture of them on Facebook.
These people give no shits about the health and safety of others and just want to use the pandemic as an excuse to bully and belittle people.
Uggh the pandemic police were giving me dirty looks and calling me a bad mom for bringing my 5 year old with me to the grocery store.