If you want economic recovery (we all do!) you should be DEMANDING real federal action on testing/tracing/isolation/protection.
Until we have that, the alternative to lockdowns isn't economic revitalization. It's ongoing stagnation AND a lot of needless deaths.
Until we have that, the alternative to lockdowns isn't economic revitalization. It's ongoing stagnation AND a lot of needless deaths.
This isn't some letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. This isn't epidemiologists-gone-wild. This the reality of outbreak control.
Unsafe reopening = accelerating spread = more death = renewed lockdown. Rinse, repeat.
The economy won't recover until people feel safe.
Unsafe reopening = accelerating spread = more death = renewed lockdown. Rinse, repeat.
The economy won't recover until people feel safe.
Other countries are managing this. If we'd followed South Korea's lead we could have protected our economy *and* contained the virus. They've managed both while we've managed neither.
