Said elsewhere, but:

For if a preest be foul, on whom we truste,
No wonder is a lewed man to ruste;
And shame it is, if a preest take keep,
A shiten shepherde and a clene sheep.
Wel oghte a preest ensample for to yive,
By his clennesse, how that his sheep shold live. https://t.co/kEjTPxmius (From Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales.)

And yeah, government officials aren’t priests, but this is 1380, and I’d argue the ethics map over pretty well.

(Which will only fuel justifications among the morons who are breaking these rules and prolonging the current wave. Sigh.)