That recovery could change at any time is a dark cloud over the country.
But New Yorkers have been smart enough to vote in a smart governor who, even with his strict formulas and numbers, at least admits he can't control free will. Which makes his efforts the best in the country. No other governor has gone to the lengths to study the COVID map like him. Still, no matter how good the governor and his management team, people have to stop thinking they're special, they're the exception.
He's got a plan for visitors that's better than any I've seen for any state. Florida's definitely on the list. People from other states bring their irresponsibility and forgetfulness with them. So, if they break quarantine, for instance, what's Cuomo going to do, have police tell them to pack up and leave? He hasn't said. Without an ankle bracelet, visitors' honoring a quarantine isn't guaranteed. It's also about that pesky Commerce Clause.
If you're out of the city where you can keep your distance, there's objective safety in that. Watching people makes you aware, vigilant.
Until we adapt to the COVID reality, we're going to keep forgetting that we're not the apex predator species. But even a great team of NY experts can't be minders.
I'd think if the right wing say that Dem governors are exerting tyrannical control, they wouldn't want to visit Democratic states. Makes me wonder why they do.
I'm in Florida, watching be an epicenter; I could return to my Chicago home. But the better care up there is offset by the threat of population density. So I'm staying put, watching the same kinds of behavior you're seeing.
People confuse risk and threat. They confuse being 'in authority' and being 'an authority.'
And for kids there are just not enough adult supervision to go around. The whole school question, no matter how good Phase 4 looks, could come down to regional referendum of only parents with <18 children. Their decision should be the final word, and they've got all of the time COVID is here to be absolutely right not to open schools. We might as well get used to shutdowns, and reopenings without schools, as far as I'm concerned.
It's hard to watch cautionary tales, but it's better to watch them than to be them.
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