If this isn't expanded to include Sonoma, Napa, and Solano it might as well not even take place, as it will continue to spread and as soon as the order is lifted everyone will be infected again. Really should be the whole state with no border crossing except for necessary cargo. The more seriously it is taken the quicker things can resume as normal.
Mass stupidity. There is no epidemic in the area. Don't care what you say, there is a problem in Italy, and other places but not here. It simply isn't here on a scale that requires stopping everything. It is pure fear. What has happened is that fear itself has gone viral. It is only the fear that is worth fearing.
Something like this will get rolled out, piece-meal, throughout the country. As has been the case since the beginning of this, a lack of federal guidance and leadership means every jurisdiction will have to get ahead of this as much as might still be possible.
That wouldn't be entirely inappropriate to leave it up to states if the states weren't also clearly as incapable as the government has shown to be.
Edit: sorry for the confusion, I'm saying letting states decide on appropriate measures somewhat independently is not necessarily a bad idea when competent people are in charge. Each state will have unique circumstances which will require customized interventions. I hear Ohio has been handling this well.
Ask and you shall receive: The Trump admin just released a statement "urging" the elderly and at risk to stay home and not have gatherings with more than 10 people.
"People may travel for shopping for necessary supplies, accessing health care, and providing aid to family and friends who need assistance, and for non-residents, returning to their home outside the Bay Area. Airports, taxis, and public transit — including BART — will remain operational, but only for essential travel and people are expected to keep six feet apart when possible."
"Grocery stores and pharmacies will remain open, and restaurants may stay open to provide takeout food only. Also staying open: veterinary services, gas stations and auto repair shops, hardware and other home supply stores, banks and laundry services."
I live in a different, smaller, metropolitan area, but this does not sound terrible to me. I do imagine that many folks must be frustrated, and some folks have fragile routines that cannot take much stress, but it seems like many allowances are being made for daily life to continue largely uninterrupted.
What I dislike is how it might be enforced. I am fortunate to usually not be harrassed by police, but many of my neighbors are not so lucky. I don't want to see situations where this sort of emergency sheltering order is used as a pretext for oppression.
Hopefully one outcome of this is renewed support for building out the nation's internet grid and other infrastructure. In 2020 we have the technology to be vastly more resilient to all kinds of disasters and pandemics.
Critical Infrastructure and Pandemic Preparedness initiative, etc.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 43.7 ms ] threadEdit: sorry for the confusion, I'm saying letting states decide on appropriate measures somewhat independently is not necessarily a bad idea when competent people are in charge. Each state will have unique circumstances which will require customized interventions. I hear Ohio has been handling this well.
> It would be fine to leave it up to the states if the states were competent enough to deal with it; however, the states are not.
I know folks (including myself) waiting on goods from Amazon/etc. to be delivered to assist through the quarantine.
"Grocery stores and pharmacies will remain open, and restaurants may stay open to provide takeout food only. Also staying open: veterinary services, gas stations and auto repair shops, hardware and other home supply stores, banks and laundry services."
I live in a different, smaller, metropolitan area, but this does not sound terrible to me. I do imagine that many folks must be frustrated, and some folks have fragile routines that cannot take much stress, but it seems like many allowances are being made for daily life to continue largely uninterrupted.
What I dislike is how it might be enforced. I am fortunate to usually not be harrassed by police, but many of my neighbors are not so lucky. I don't want to see situations where this sort of emergency sheltering order is used as a pretext for oppression.
Critical Infrastructure and Pandemic Preparedness initiative, etc.