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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Jaws] Why didn’t the mayor just close off the area of the beach 10-20 feet beyond the water line?

The only people who go there are boaters and some surfers who make up a relatively small percentage of beachgoers.

If he didn’t want to cause a panic about the shark, couldn’t he have just made something up? Like “Sorry folks, there’s scheduled maintenance on the power lines” or something.
gpt
Might not have helped. That dog was eaten in shallow water, and Alex Kintner didn't go out particularly far.

And it's sort of like asking why climate change deniers don't compromise by banning the worst emissions sources. Their position is that there is no problem whatsoever, so even a small amount of give on the situation is like an acknowledgment that they are wrong.