[Genuine Realist]

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/vivia...-paranoia/

This is what I have been saying we should do. And by prioritizing kids going to school, the first thing we should re-open are the schools, and we shouldn’t open anything else until we’ve stabilized numbers with schools open.

Normally I’d say we could keep park rec equipment open, but I have seen so much abuse at parks.

Soccer companies running camps with close to a hundred kids, dozens of people gathering for racquetball tournaments (with fans!)

Ain't gonna happen. So it is more a sermon than a proposal.

It's too early to write history, but at least some physicians see the SIP as massive overkill, which has made the public cynical about less drastic responses, such as masking. I don't blame anyone for this, as the virus came on too strong and suddenly for the sort of measured response one would hope for if there were more time for subtlety.

BTW, Israel, which seemed to have the matter well in hand, is about to blow up politically.  The dynamic is almost exactly the same as the US.
(The physician I mentioned who characterized the shutdown as medieval is quoted therein/)

Again, it's too early to form conclusions, but I do believe those nations with a large number of small businesses - i.e., persons outside large pools of capital - were able to enforce social austerity far more easily than more diverse (sic) nations. Normally, we would consider that a strength rather than a weakness, but these are unusual times.

[Genuine Realist]

https://www.commentarymagazine.com/vivia...-paranoia/

This is what I have been saying we should do. And by prioritizing kids going to school, the first thing we should re-open are the schools, and we shouldn’t open anything else until we’ve stabilized numbers with schools open.

Normally I’d say we could keep park rec equipment open, but I have seen so much abuse at parks.

Soccer companies running camps with close to a hundred kids, dozens of people gathering for racquetball tournaments (with fans!)

Ain't gonna happen. So it is more a sermon than a proposal.

It's too early to write history, but at least some physicians see the SIP as massive overkill, which has made the public cynical about less drastic responses, such as masking. I don't blame anyone for this, as the virus came on too strong and suddenly for the sort of measured response one would hope for if there were more time for subtlety.

BTW, Israel, which seemed to have the matter well in hand, is about to blow up politically.  The dynamic is almost exactly the same as the US.
(The physician I mentioned who characterized the shutdown as medieval is quoted therein/)

Again, it's too early to form conclusions, but I do believe those nations with a large number of small businesses - i.e., persons outside large pools of capital - were able to enforce social austerity far more easily than more diverse (sic) nations. Normally, we would consider that a strength rather than a weakness, but these are unusual times.