My response was essentially, "I can do it, but we will need to explain why we are going against CDC guidelines or else I see a mass problem on our hands. Can you get that reasoning for me so I can share it?"
A few hours later, the request for the memo was rescinded. Big win in my book.
They're scared out of their poor little brainwashed minds.
They won't hear about loosened restrictions until their favorite MSM tells them and, even then, might not believe it because the change in narrative after almost 1.5 years of, "you're gonna die, you're gonna die, OMG you're gonna die," would short-circuit their brains.