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This would make more sense if the severe lockdown had not been overextended (in my opinion) causing much more stress than necessary. 

The sticking point in SCC has been testing, which has been at about a quarter of the level daily that is apparently thought necessary to detect whether a phase of reopening is causing too rapid a rise in cases. Whether that's true, and if so whether it should be overridden by the economic urgency, is unclear to me. Also there should be some differentiation within counties: at a minimum the north part of SCC should have been able to reopen already. I do think, as a structural matter, that that public health officers should not have sole power to make these decisions at this point in the pandemic. Better to have elected officials balance the trade-offs.

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This would make more sense if the severe lockdown had not been overextended (in my opinion) causing much more stress than necessary. 

The sticking point in SCC has been testing, which has been at about a quarter of the level daily that is apparently thought necessary to detect whether a phase of reopening is causing too rapid a rise in cases. Whether that's true, and if so whether it should be overridden by the economic urgency, is unclear to me. Also there should be some differentiation within counties: at a minimum the north part of SCC should have been able to reopen already. I do think, as a structural matter, that that public health officers should not have sole power to make these decisions at this point in the pandemic. Better to have elected officials balance the trade-offs.