spend the afternoon exploring your distal points and meridians

[GoodTaste]

Ignoring the science regarding duration of contact, Justice Neil Gorsuch taunted, in his concurrence, “it may be unsafe to go to church, but it is always fine to pick up another bottle of wine, shop for a new bike, or spend the afternoon exploring your distal points and meridians.”

Source: New England Journal of Medicine

Does "spend the afternoon exploring your distal points and meridians" mean "spend the afternoon exploring your distal points and meridians (of acupuncture)?"

 

[5jj]

Yes.

Acupuncture was mentioned earlier in the paragraph from which you quoted one sentence:

Justice Gorsuch breaks early from the per curiam pack in a separate concurring opinion turning up the heat with the opening line: “Government is not free to disregard the First Amendment in times of crisis.” Wow. Why, Justice Gorsuch asks rhetorically, can hardware and liquor stores, acupuncturists and lawyers, insurance agencies and bike shops stay open as “essential” but not churches? Sarcasm creeps in as Gorsuch writes: “t may be unsafe to go to church, but it is always fine to pick up another bottle of wine, shop for a new bike, or spend the afternoon exploring your distal points and meridians. Who knew public health would so perfectly align with secular convenience?

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