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BTW- It’s incredibly easy to say these States reopened too early.  But what was the right time.  This appears likely to be with us for quite awhile.  If the lockdowns continued another 6 months, there may not have been much left to reopen to.  Plus it’s not big business that was hurt the most economically.  Nor is it the wealthy.  It’s those living paycheck to paycheck.  Independent contractors in the service industry. Etc.  

No, states did not reopen to early; they reopened too quickly.  The harm to those businesses from reopening, and then having to re-close (or having people simply avoid them out of fear) outweighs the damage that would have happened had they slowed the pace of reopening. 

BC

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BTW- It’s incredibly easy to say these States reopened too early.  But what was the right time.  This appears likely to be with us for quite awhile.  If the lockdowns continued another 6 months, there may not have been much left to reopen to.  Plus it’s not big business that was hurt the most economically.  Nor is it the wealthy.  It’s those living paycheck to paycheck.  Independent contractors in the service industry. Etc.  

No, states did not reopen to early; they reopened too quickly.  The harm to those businesses from reopening, and then having to re-close (or having people simply avoid them out of fear) outweighs the damage that would have happened had they slowed the pace of reopening. 

BC