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WahooRQ

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This thing is highly contagious. I think the “hope” is more that it’s


Very likely seasonal and that the vast majority of people who get it won’t be seriously ill. But it still seems WAY too early to be making those assumptions. And let’s be clear — the White House’s motives here have nothing to do with saving lives or doing the right thing. They just want to pretend the nightmare they helped create is over so they can claim a political victory.

What I’d like to see is a very measured, very thoughtful “reopening” that focuses on what can be safely reopened, what safety protocols need to be in place, what sort of testing or other preventative measures need to be in place (e.g., are we going to tell a bunch of factory workers they all have to report to work Monday with no idea who is infected and who isn’t?). A lot that should have been happening that hasn’t, and again it’s a massive failure on the federal level. A patchwork of state solutions that range from thoughtful (California, Virginia, Michigan) to idiotic (Florida, Georgia, Tennessee) isn’t going to cut it. We need real national leadership for this to go well and, unfortunately, we have anything but that.

(In response to this post by HoosWillWin)

Posted: 05/04/2020 at 09:18AM



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  This is just a test for Gov Coonman ** -- Jeff_Banks 05/04/2020 09:40AM
  Open and test is what I am hearing in meetings. ** -- BambooHoo 05/04/2020 08:57AM
  Yeah, but consider the urban/rural divide -- Faz d. Hoo 05/04/2020 2:23PM
  I don’t get this at all. -- WahooMatt05 05/04/2020 08:45AM
  I was thinking about that issue this morning -- NJHoo 05/04/2020 12:02PM
  Hard to know unfortunately -- Old Dorms Rule! 05/04/2020 12:23PM
  I am with you on that. -- BambooHoo 05/04/2020 09:43AM
  Is anyone asking you not to do that? ** -- CharlestonSC 05/04/2020 08:47AM
  Opening up before we are prepared puts everyone at risk -- WahooMatt05 05/04/2020 08:58AM
  I think there’s zero chance of achieving -- BocaHoo91 05/04/2020 09:22AM
  I don’t think we are anywhere close to herd immunity. -- WahooMatt05 05/04/2020 09:09AM
  Yep, as I said, the fuse has about burned out everywhere ** -- HiltonHeadHoo 05/04/2020 08:40AM

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