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9. He doesn't need to shut down the country for one day.

What Joe can do is work with all businesses to set mask wearing rules inside the businesses, and work with local governments on enforcement of those rules.

For places like existing restaurants, he can have the Small Business Administration provide funds so that they can modernize their air handling systems. For Schools, he can have the Department of Education provide funds to allow them to update their air handling systems and set up temporary classrooms to spread students out.

I had an eye exam yesterday. The place didn’t let any person in who was not wearing a mask properly. Everyone got a temperature check before they were allowed to move to the examination area. All Doctors wore masks and wiped down all patient contact points between patients. The place was busy, but I felt totally safe being in there. There was one apparent Trumper near me who was quietly whining, but he had a choice, wear his mask properly or get his ass kicked out of the Doctor’s office.

So, in summary, Joe doesn’t have to shut down on a national scale, but should be firm about locking down areas that exceed a certain weekly positivity metric, waiting a month to shut such areas down is too long.