As the days get warmer and the economy gets colder, you can almost feel the increasing burning desire by Americans to return to work and normal life.
They’ve been shocked and frightened by the COVID-19 virus and its toll in the country, but they’ve also seen how exaggerated the predictions of death and the need for hospital beds and respirators has been. They’re also aware that New York City isn’t Chattanooga and Chattanooga isn’t Judith Gap, Montana. They’re beginning to feel a one-sized solution to this problem wasn’t ideal.
That said, like abstinence is a foolproof method of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases, social distancing is an almost certain way not to be infected. If you don’t go anywhere, you can’t come in contact with anyone with the virus.
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We don’t fault governments for putting in place stay-at-home orders because they were operating with the best information they had. We’ve never been here before as a country – not exactly – and federal, state and city leaders had to make decisions they believed would keep the most people safe.