re: #90 calochortus

On the other hand, there are a lot of people who desperately need financial support because there jobs are gone, or at least on hold. States, even CA, can’t really cover that need.
The longer the shut down goes on, the more damage is done, and the more things people need that aren’t “essential” items. The economy has winners and losers that aren’t equitable. If you can only buy shoes for the kids at Walmart because they also sell groceries and are allowed to be open, that’s where you buy them. The local store goes out of business. If you don’t let Walmart sell non-essentials, then you have to mail order those shoes which may or may not fit. The local store still goes out of business.

I’m not suggesting that we just need to suck it up and reopen the economy, but I don’t think keeping the economy shut down for the next 6 months is practical. We need to have a national plan, and I don’t know where we’re going to get such a thing in time to prevent massive damage to people’s lives and the country as a whole.

Apparently conservatism is a suicide pact.

Mask wearing plus social distancing will drop new infections by at least 80%. We can do limited access for a long time, assuming governmental support. And there’s the prospect of some relief in six months.