You put too much faith in people charge I think. They fuck up all the time. It's just usually the stakes aren't so high. They are manipulated by public sentiment. They need to balance the right action with perception. Politics play a role. This isn't just science. I think we kind of agree about what is necessary. We just live in places that are doing different things. My Governor is in the top 5 worst in the country when it comes to dealing with this.
Yes and i think the "State" thing, is a huge strength and a huge problem in the US. Strength, because every state can decide what is best based on their own situation. Wyoming needing different actions than NJ or New York is clear and needs to be handled as such. But it's also a problem, because A. The people will eye on their neighbors and say "People in Texas are free to do what they want, why do i still have to stay home" or "People in New York still have a stay at home order, why is my state endangering people by letting them go outside".
It's also not helping, that you have a major election this year.
Every country is opening up. Germany spain italy UK Canada etc... they are doing it at different speeds but pretty much everywhere is planning to end their lock downs. Some places like Slovania have declared their pandemic over. Others like Nordic countries are talking about travel being allowed again.
I don't know, perhaps i'm not clear. I'm all for opening up, but only if the numbers indicate that you can. Germany and Italy are posting sub 1000 numbers daily in weeks. The US equivalent would be 5000 numbers daily. Now as i've said earlier, it differs from state to state so making a discussion based on the whole US is pointless i guess.
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