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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsClosure Strategies (Short-Term/Long-Term)
With the cascade of closures and cancellations happening across the country (and in my own backyard), I have some understanding and awareness of why it's happening, however I would like to better understand what the overall long-term strategy is? Like who decides what closes and how long? This crisis may not abate for awhile. Do we keep schools or businesses closed for 1 week? 2 weeks? Is there some kind of uniform guideline for how long to keep things shut down to help slow down the rate of infection? Here in Indiana, an entire school system got shut down when a single person tested positive for CV19. I get the concern, but if that's the standard being used, then, sooner or later, just about everything will be shut down and with so few people getting tested, there really isn't any way to tell whether or not it's spreading. I'm just sort of spitballing here. I have no real answers and, unfortunately, I'm feeling like our leaders are just ad-libbing right now in the absence of strong and unifying leadership at the top.
LaurenOlimina
(1,165 posts)The Chinese got 750 million people to stay home.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,391 posts)Phoenix61
(16,992 posts)They are ad-libbing because there is no strong leadership.
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,391 posts)durablend
(7,455 posts)Everyone is like "just stay in your house for two weeks and it'll 'go away' " (maybe not saying the last part but implying it). How long does this go on before the entire economy craters? Not so much people going to the mall or stuff but having jobs to pay the bills?
Proud Liberal Dem
(24,391 posts)Unfortunately, Mitch McConnell considers addressing those worries to be an "Ideological Wish List"