If federal government says to states "open early if you want to," it really then justifies the states closing borders to other states. Or shutting certain states off from others. That was a big sticking point no-no for many Americans in Asia's approach.PhDhawk wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:33 amI mostly agree.pdub wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 10:17 am I think it comes down to the states to decide -- they need to listen to their own people, their own medical staff.
I believe it's too early - I think you want to be sure the 'curve has flattened'.
I also don't think, if a state's people as a majority don't want to wait inside until a vaccine is found, they should be forced to.
And all of this comes with the choice of an individual to continue to quarantine themselves. No one is forcing them out of their homes.
My objection is that states don't exist in a bubble.
If your state opens, and my neighboring state doesn't and a bunch of people from my state go to yours to watch movies in theaters and they come back and spread the virus in my state then your actions hurt the people of my state.
I don't have a good answer for that.
Obviously opening up earlier is much more sensible with a sufficient test-and-trace protocol, which still ain't here.