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In reply to the discussion: All K-12 schools in Pennsylvania shut down for 2 weeks amid coronavirus outbreak [View all]BumRushDaShow
(128,846 posts)There are working groups going on right now with the 6 "regional" states to work through that. PA isn't the only state with rural areas like here. NY and NJ also have rural areas that have similar issues.
The way that Wolf has done this has been almost the polar opposite of the way Cuomo and Murphy have done it - i.e., a "slow/rolling" shutdown vs an immediate slam shut that might have caused even worse push-back by the populace here. I.e., people were essentially being "conditioned" for what was to come (if they paid attention which apparently they didn't) and it was extremely obvious to me what was happening - a "phased" shutdown.
With respect to the state unemployment system, I expect you missed when it was noted that it was undergoing an upgrade when this hit. This is an example of "preparing for the unexpected" but to do that, you need money and the GOP doesn't want to spend money on that. So they starve the system and then point fingers of blame when it fails.
A "brief" preview of the impact of extreme events, that although generally focused on a couple locations (but impacting nationwide), was 9/11, where for 4 days, not one aircraft (other than CAPs) was in the air. Not one. No planes, no helicopters, no hot-air balloons, no gliders, nothing. Planes were forced to land at the closest airport and stay there and people were stranded (including one of my bosses who was stuck in Canada) and had to try to make it back home the best way they could. Then came the hard work of "restarting the air traffic system" and moving planes back to their "home" airports.
I'm not getting where you continue to come from. This is unprecedented and acceptance of that needs to a happen. Insinuating what "Dems" are not doing is bordering on RW talking points. The entire world is trying to work out how handle this (both health-wise and economically) so western PA is not in some unique situation.
Philly is being hit more than anyplace in PA in terms of economic impact (with estimates of 40% now unemployed), so the whining is noted, but with the caveat that we could become NYC if action doesn't happen to help knock the spread down. Philly has been there/done that, unfortunately in a notorious way, at least twice in history (1793 and 1918).