The problem is the press has been framing it in their usually insipid bifurcated way. They act like there are MERELY 2 options: The present way of handling things or A libertarian way of letting the chips fall as they may.
It is obvious that that is false, and that there is a compromise, or, more to the point, a series of compromises particular to different situations. But in this state, Big Box stores are open to sell garden supplies even while local stores are closed. That is sufficient proof that this lock down is not so much tight as it is .... not entirely well thought out. The politicians are erring on the side of caution but they're also erring on the side of businesses that have more clout than others. Just keeping it real, folks. I do feel bad for any of you who live in New Jersey. Closing down state parks and forests was a ridiculous decision. Don't you want people to get vitamin D????
This skepticism is separate from politics, however. I've been intensely wary of media for a long time.
Regardless, the state tells me that they've "flattened the curve." Additionally, they tell me that this pandemic flu is not particularly bad for people who are neither very old nor suffering from other maladies and conditions. I am not old, I am healthy, and I don't live with old people. That means that, yes, as of today, I would attend a PSU wrestling event.
That said, if I'm being blunt, sporting events are less important than other things. Yet in comparing this to past flu pandemics, like 1918-1919, I am optimistic that we will be able to wrestle this winter.
