Editorial: Lawsuits not path to reopening state's economy
By The Herald Editorial Board
Good news, everyone; the threat from the coronavirus pandemic is over, “the emergency has been contained,” you should now be allowed to go about your lives as you did before Gov. Jay Inslee’s “Stay Home, Stay Healthy” orders were put in place March 23.
At least that’s the opinion expressed in a lawsuit filed last week in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington in Tacoma by eight state residents, including four Republican state lawmakers, challenging the governor’s emergency stay-at-home orders.
Noting, correctly, that the peak of demand for hospital resources — specifically ventilators — has passed and social-distancing measures have reduced the rate of infections, the lawsuit contends that, except for the danger to vulnerable populations, “We can declare victory.”
“We know that the emergency has been averted. … We know that there is no longer an emergency in the state.”
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