[Goose]

I think it is interesting that the two options presented are "do nothing" or "declare a nationwide shutdown".  There was a lot of room between those two, and a lot of soft leadership that the president could have exerted, but chose not to.  Even a guideline for states to follow in terms of how and when to tighten restrictions, much like the guide that the administration generated for loosening them (which I have praised), would have been helpful.

BC

+1. The choices were not merely between the scylla of dictatorship and the charybdis of ineffectual flailing. Unfortunately, the most effectual options (test, trace, isolate) don't make for good headlines or incite protests, so they've generally gotten lost in the clangor.

+1. There is a very wide "middle way" here. Someplace there is where we should be.

[Goose]

I think it is interesting that the two options presented are "do nothing" or "declare a nationwide shutdown".  There was a lot of room between those two, and a lot of soft leadership that the president could have exerted, but chose not to.  Even a guideline for states to follow in terms of how and when to tighten restrictions, much like the guide that the administration generated for loosening them (which I have praised), would have been helpful.

BC

+1. The choices were not merely between the scylla of dictatorship and the charybdis of ineffectual flailing. Unfortunately, the most effectual options (test, trace, isolate) don't make for good headlines or incite protests, so they've generally gotten lost in the clangor.

+1. There is a very wide "middle way" here. Someplace there is where we should be.