[Goose]

Deaths in SCC were irrelevant to the decision to lock down. The only thing that mattered was community transmission. In fact, the only death in SCC known at the time the lockdown was announced was on March 9--it was thought to be the first. If community transmission had been documented to be occurring in February, they would have locked down with zero deaths in SCC--just as they would have in March.  You may think the public may not have gone along with it, and you are entitled to your opinion. But I disagree.

I think it is important to remember that in late February Italy had started their downward spiral and lockdown protocols. The initial lockdowns in Italy were on 21 February 2020. We all saw on the news how bad the problems were in Italy, and getting worse. The public went along with the lockdown on March 16 in the 7 Bay Area counties because a) we saw what was happening in Italy, and b) we knew the disease was present here to a significant extent. IMHO, that is why the Bay Area went along. Absent the debacle in Italy, people would not have been willing to believe it was going to happen here if we did nothing.

[Goose]

Deaths in SCC were irrelevant to the decision to lock down. The only thing that mattered was community transmission. In fact, the only death in SCC known at the time the lockdown was announced was on March 9--it was thought to be the first. If community transmission had been documented to be occurring in February, they would have locked down with zero deaths in SCC--just as they would have in March.  You may think the public may not have gone along with it, and you are entitled to your opinion. But I disagree.

I think it is important to remember that in late February Italy had started their downward spiral and lockdown protocols. The initial lockdowns in Italy were on 21 February 2020. We all saw on the news how bad the problems were in Italy, and getting worse. The public went along with the lockdown on March 16 in the 7 Bay Area counties because a) we saw what was happening in Italy, and b) we knew the disease was present here to a significant extent. IMHO, that is why the Bay Area went along. Absent the debacle in Italy, people would not have been willing to believe it was going to happen here if we did nothing.