Things seem to be going from bad to worse. As Governor DeSanctis
has opened Florida, the coronavirus seems to be taking advantage of the
opportunity.
There was always the concern that starting the opening would
lead to an increase in cases and COVID-19 related deaths. The worst part of
that scenario seems to be playing out.
A lot of people are saying, “Well we're testing more so
obviously we're going to have more cases," but more testing does not
account for increasing hospitalizations and the rising death rate.
How much longer can the numbers continue to grow, how much
higher can the total number of coronavirus-related deaths increase before it
becomes incumbent upon the governor to take some action to slow the spread of
the virus?
What's at stake practically and politically?
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With the current political, unrest would the general
population support another shutdown of Florida's economy.
How would President Trump likely react to a Governor DeSanctis
decision to begin reversing the opening of Florida?
If Federal, State, County and local officials do act to
protect the public from the rapid increase in cases and deaths what will you do?
As cases and deaths rise in Florida, and DeSantis continues to
push forward with opening is your right to be protected from the spread of the
coronavirus being considered.
Right now, there are a lot of issues on the table regarding
the rights, responsibilities, and treatment of all citizens. The question is as
it relates to the coronavirus is it practical for us as citizens to rely on any
level of government to protect us from a viral illness? Further, to what extent
should all governments at all levels be considering balancing their
responsibility to public health safety and their responsibility to protect the
economic viability of every community in the country? These are tough questions
and virtually all our elected and appointed public officials are struggling to
find appropriate answers.
In the general population, there seemed to be a lack of concern
as the morbidity rate seems focused in the older age group of the population. But
now as the number of cases grow and the death rate seems to be moving down in
the population pool the question is will those who were more than willing not
to wear masks, not practice social distancing; demand tier fights to assemble, and
generally feel they weren't threatened by the coronavirus change their mind?
As politics and economics take the center stage in the
coronavirus prevention issue, all of us will have to take more personal
responsibility to protect ourselves and those we love from an infectious
disease for which there is no cure, and the current primary form of prevention is the management of social activity.
We can no longer count on the government at any level to have
our best interest at heart when it comes to dealing with the prevention of the
spread of the coronavirus. In fact, I am not really sure they ever had our
interest truly at heart.
This is quite likely the most politicized pandemic in human
history. And as far as I can tell politics has never really cured anything. If
they decide a new partial or total shutdown is needed to protect us from rising
medical crisis, I plan to support it.
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