Credit: The Washington Post
- Editor’s note: Below are headlines of note in the last 24 hours:
COUNTY, STATE AND NATIONAL NEWS
+ Gov. Inslee tightens Safe Start rules for bars, restaurants, gyms, weddings, others
+ The more we stay home, the less the coronavirus spreads. Here’s the evidence
+ Key Boeing supplier braces for significantly fewer 737 Max deliveries through 2022
+ Undelivered Dreamliners to Balloon Boeing’s Widebody Inventory
+ ‘I have a right to my pizza.’ Video of maskless Pasco school employee goes viral
+ 1.4 million seek jobless aid, first increase since March
+ Southwest Airlines says no exceptions to facemask requirement [except for children under 2]
+ Washington, Ferguson Join Lawsuit Against Trump Administration Water Pollution Rule
CORONAVIRUS NEWS
Home-made face masks likely need multiple layers to prevent spread of coronavirus, study says
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says coronavirus infections among young people are on the rise
59% of Americans don’t plan to renew their gym memberships after Covid-19 pandemic: survey
TRUMP’S PRESIDENCY
Federal Prisons Went on Lockdown and Deployed Staff to Quash BLM Protests
Judge orders release of ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, says book restriction was retaliation
Philadelphia DA says he will arrest Feds if they commit a crime in his city
Resistance: Man injured in Portland standoff sues Trump, WA Sens draft legislation
Trump says he would consider pardons for those implicated in Mueller investigation
As Trump Calls for Schools to Fully Reopen, His Son’s School Says It Will Not
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The Washington Post quote, “If a business is still closed at this point in the crisis, it’s probably permanent” reinforces my belief that the knee jerk response to covid-19 has permanently harmed our national economic health. Instead of implementing a well planned mitigation approach of hygiene, social distancing, and masks at the start of this pandemic, we waited too long without a clear cut nationwide scientific plan and we fell behind the curve. Let’s face it covid-19 is deadly. As a last resort we shut down everything. Isn’t that like throwing the baby out with the bathwater? How about some logic and common sense.
However other countries the world over shut down, as well, yet most did “implement a well planned mitigation approach of hygiene, social distancing, and masks at the start of this pandemic,” and are re-open and thriving. Gosh, even Italy who acted late is now on top of this and doing well. The EU, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, and South Korea come to mind. I agree, we not only “waited too long without a clear cut nationwide scientific plan and we fell behind the curve,” yet we still have no “clear cut nationwide scientific plan,” and no Presidential leadership for this crisis.
Do I hear an Amen!
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