Can’t live locked indoors scared forever
No, but we can all wear masks. But that appears to be too much to ask.
I don’t remember government leaders and public health officials saying we would be sheltering-in-place “forever.”
I do recall the leaders of the President’s virus response efforts, along with medical experts, recommending that the federal government and states work together to develop a comprehensive strategy for testing the sick, contact tracing and isolation so that when the “economy reopened,” it would be done so with more effective safety measures in place. This would allow us to track and manage outbreaks, avoid shutting down large segments of the economy again and buy time until new drugs and vaccines arrive.
Unfortunately, our government leaders haven’t taken their recommendations seriously. We haven't staffed up state and local health departments properly to do the contact tracing and keep the virus at bay. Over the last two weeks we’ve seen an uptick in cases and hospitalizations in many parts of the country, including AZ, TX, FL, CA and ARK. Local medical officials are warning that hospitals could soon be at capacity.
Most of us spent two months staying inside as much as possible, wearing masks when we went out and sanitizing our hands regularly. We did this out of a collective concern to slow the spread, not because we were scared. And while our individual actions helped flatten the curve, the lackluster and incompetent response of the President and many state leaders have doomed us to a new surge of the virus.
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