2 Texas counties urge residents to shelter in place as hospitals reach capacity

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2. Steps were taken weeks ago.

They may have been successful, but they won't know until afterwards.

Some people like top-down organization, where the top leader controls what happens below and enforces central edicts. The word I've seen for this in the last few months is "grassroots."

Others prefer less central control where what happens is more under the control of leaders directly responsible to locals for being elected. (And the word I've seen for this in the last couple of months is "fascist." Isn't language change fascinating?)