I would say that if hospitals in an area are operating at 90% capacity, stay-at-home orders are quite appropriate.
I actually think that is reasonable. After all, mitigation is about slowing down spread so health care facilities are not overwhelmed.
But I still have a couple of issues.
An obvious one is just being outside walking.
We both know there is no “science” behind this.
These kind of power overreaches just HURT.
Because someone will take it to court and win, then REASONABLE measure will go with it.
Like the ban on public worship thing.
Instead of Newsom and Cuomo etc. running around beating their chest against public worship,
they should have went to the Bishops and the pastors and tried to work something reasonable out.
More Masses perhaps shorter in duration? Something.
But none of this was even tried as far as I know.
Yet another issue is giving
“political buddy exemptions” (although they wouldn’t put it that way).
I mean really. If this is that bad, don’t give Hollywood an “exception”.
Don’t give themselves exceptions either.
The virus does not care about Hollywood and is just as “happy” to keep the
spread going from those vectors too.
There are other problems too. But this is enough for now.
The other thing is quit fudging the numbers. I know full well (from others firsthand) that many of the hospitals are suddenly re-classifying beds from hospital beds to “Swing beds” (and other step-down units).
This gives a false impression of hospitals being stuffed to the gills even when they are not.
Or if that is necessary (because of reimbursement incentives associated with corona and you don’t want your hospital to go broke - fair enough) just say that openly.
Don’t BS the people. I don’t like that. Just be straight up with them.
The BSing just makes the people trust them less next time.
