New York may have, but this is a National Emergency that is not confined to any state. If they cannot contain it the Federal Government must for the sake of all Americans.
https://www.livescience.com/coronavirus-updates-united-states.htmlTake a good look at the map, at that link, please.
In North Dakota we still have fewer than 200 cases (yep, one hundred seventy three confirmed infected, of 5798 tested.) Three have died, all with preexisting conditions, ranging in age from 60 to 90+. Twenty nine are in hospital, and 55 have recovered.
Now, I'm not comparing our state to New York, except to say that the streets which are normally quite busy here are empty, people have voluntarily isolated, are taking precautions, maintaining distance.
Our Health Department Folks didn't urge us to go stand shoulder to shoulder in crowds watching parades,
The schools, restaurants, and bars were shut down early on, to the great economic detriment of many, along with almost any business which required person to person contact.
The Banks all went to drive-through only, food from restaurants to delivery or pick up, churches shut down and provide services online.
Motel parking lots are empty, and that's quite a few for a town the size of this one.
We may be in the 'sticks', but we have fiber optic grade internet and the state is wired in.
Virtually every State function not requiring your physical presence can be conducted on line and has been for years.
With the oil patch in limbo, even that traffic is little enough except for essential trucks hauling crude oil or production water (a job which requires almost no human to human contact).
Food and other goods are hauled in via truck or rail, shelves are stocked at night, stores open for seniors and high risk folks at 6AM to 7, and to everyone from 7AM until 9PM, and the cycle repeats.
Farmers are getting ready for spring, seldom in town except for parts.
Now maybe we have just handled things differently, and I can't think of a Hell of a lot the Federal Government can think to impose we already aren't already voluntarily doing, but
IF we need it, We'll do it, and we don't need Federal intervention to tell us to. This isn't some Democrat run hellhole.
People 2000 miles away who have no concept of what life here is like nor what it entails can just deal with the problems in their own back yards, thank you very much. If we need something we'll call, and
we won't ask for more than we need.
So don't apply solutions engineered for New York here. (It would cost too much to have to build a subway so we could shut it down.)
Let's not throw away the last vestiges of State's Rights and the Constitution because New York has made a mess of this. Note their cases are measured as >100,000,
a category that applies to only one state, while the next category down on that map is 10-20,000.
One size does not fit all, and in some instances, the garment is not warranted.
