[teejers1]

1,454 families out of work, unable to pay the rent, unable to buy food, completely screwed.  But at least one fat old person, exactly like me, with hypertension, coronary disease and pulmonary disease gets to live.

That may sound harsh (and be a slight overstatement, insofar as not all deaths fit that profile); however, there is a reality check there that few appear willing to address, including folks here.

BTW, as other posters have noted, Newsom is now basking in the glory of being an enlightened, early, shut-down advocate.  And the numbers are, I believe, encouraging, in terms of flattening the curve.  But that alone can't be "the goal" . .. . can it?  Because that will require permanent shut-ins.  And no one is addressing the issue highlighted by Mick's statement, at least as far as I can tell.  

So here's my prediction:  unless Newsom has a plan to get CA back on its feet economically - and implements it - history will label him as the governor who destroyed California and negatively impacted millions of families/lives.

Hopefully, his office has a plan to get back to semi-normalcy over a time period that is not "too late."  If there is such a plan, it's pretty much under wraps, as far as I can tell . . . 

P.S.  This post is not meant as a commentary on The White House's response, which I believe has been feckless and an unmitigated disaster.

P.P.S.  I agree with Goose that the notion of testing everyone, while nice and an "ideal solution," is just never gonna happen.  That doesn't mean we don't need more testing.  We do.  But what it really means is (a) we need to test more people and harshly isolate those who test positive, and (b) we need to loosen the shut-in for the vast majority of folks that test negative, are asymptomatic and/or not in an at-risk profile.  It doesn't have to (and won't) happen now, or in immediate short-term.  But that is what the policymakers should be striving for, imo.

[teejers1]

1,454 families out of work, unable to pay the rent, unable to buy food, completely screwed.  But at least one fat old person, exactly like me, with hypertension, coronary disease and pulmonary disease gets to live.

That may sound harsh (and be a slight overstatement, insofar as not all deaths fit that profile); however, there is a reality check there that few appear willing to address, including folks here.

BTW, as other posters have noted, Newsom is now basking in the glory of being an enlightened, early, shut-down advocate.  And the numbers are, I believe, encouraging, in terms of flattening the curve.  But that alone can't be "the goal" . .. . can it?  Because that will require permanent shut-ins.  And no one is addressing the issue highlighted by Mick's statement, at least as far as I can tell.  

So here's my prediction:  unless Newsom has a plan to get CA back on its feet economically - and implements it - history will label him as the governor who destroyed California and negatively impacted millions of families/lives.

Hopefully, his office has a plan to get back to semi-normalcy over a time period that is not "too late."  If there is such a plan, it's pretty much under wraps, as far as I can tell . . . 

P.S.  This post is not meant as a commentary on The White House's response, which I believe has been feckless and an unmitigated disaster.

P.P.S.  I agree with Goose that the notion of testing everyone, while nice and an "ideal solution," is just never gonna happen.  That doesn't mean we don't need more testing.  We do.  But what it really means is (a) we need to test more people and harshly isolate those who test positive, and (b) we need to loosen the shut-in for the vast majority of folks that test negative, are asymptomatic and/or not in an at-risk profile.  It doesn't have to (and won't) happen now, or in immediate short-term.  But that is what the policymakers should be striving for, imo.