And Texas Caves In

way2roll wrote:

To an already overwhelmed medical system? Yes. Exponential contraction is how contagions work and why quarantining is the proven method to slow it down. Is your thought a conspiracy that our scientists and governments want a shutdown for some political or monetary reason and not for health and safety and the ability for hospitals to keep up? And it's not just our own country, all countries are following pandemic protocol to slow the spread. Do you think this is all a hoax, that hospitals really aren't overrun and that releasing quarantines wouldn't cause a spike in cases and more deaths? And what politician would want that blood on their hands? And what workers do we allow to go back to work? Is there a hierarchy on safety or importance? Or a random percentage like a lottery? Is this by State?

There may be some concerns in some areas of the country about overwhelmed hospitals, but that is not the case in all areas. My ex-wife works at a hospital in a city of 75,000 people, and they are laying off nurses and cutting their hours. The hospital is not busy, and is in no danger of being overwhelmed. There are a couple hospitals in the area that are busy with cases, but most are simply not overwhelmed. Busy, yes, overwhelmed, no.

IMO there's it would not be wise to relax travel/exposure issues in large cities like New York, Chicago, Detroit, etc. but I don't see it being such a dangerous step in smaller communities.