It's not complicated
Coming from both the left and right, and around the world, we have devoted our careers to protecting people. Current lockdown policies are producing devastating effects on short and long-term public health.
The results (to name a few) include lower childhood vaccination rates, worsening cardiovascular disease outcomes, fewer cancer screenings and deteriorating mental health – leading to greater excess mortality in years to come, with the working class and younger members of society carrying the heaviest burden.
Keeping students out of school is a grave injustice.
Keeping these measures in place until a vaccine is available will cause irreparable damage, with the underprivileged disproportionately harmed.
Fortunately, our understanding of the virus is growing. We know that vulnerability to death from COVID-19 is more than a thousand-fold higher in the old and infirm than the young. Indeed,
for children, COVID-19 is less dangerous than many other harms, including influenza.
https://gbdeclaration.org/Other considerations
“The Wisconsin Supreme Court’s decision should be seen as a victory for the principle that even in a crisis, the rulemakers must follow the rules.
Regardless of how anyone feels about the orders themselves, if the governor and Health Secretary had worked with the legislature as they’re required to—even during crises—they could have crafted a constitutional law that the State Supreme Court likely would have upheld.”
“Pennsylvania Federal Court in Butler County v. Wolf reviewed the indefinite “emergency” restrictions imposed by the executive branch of Pennsylvania government, declaring limitations on gathering size, “stay-at-home orders,” and mandatory business closures unconstitutional.
Refusing to accept the alleged need for a “new normal,”
the Court stated that an “independent judiciary [is needed] to serve as a check on the exercise of emergency government power.”
https://www.aier.org/article/the-consti ... wn-orders/The same people calling for a national mandate, mandated by the president are also the same ones talking
about the presidency used as a dictatorship , apparently not understanding what federalism is.
In some cases not the most efficient way to address a national emergency among 50 states.
It does allow for each state to address it according to its own circumstances.
for example
Contact tracers in New York City reportedly cannot ask anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19 whether they have attended any recent protests.
In recent weeks, both Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have worried publicly that the widespread demonstrations in response to the death of George Floyd would transmit the coronavirus. But the hundreds of contact tracers working for the city have been instructed not to ask about attendance at a demonstration, according to the City.
Avery Cohen, a spokeswoman for de Blasio, confirmed the policy in an email to the City. "No person will be asked proactively if they attended a protest," she wrote.
People understanding measures put in place don't make sense, tend to question them.
This virus isn't going away.
At some point it will be looked at in the same way as influenzas that can kill up to 60k
people will know how to deal with it, asses the risk and protect themselves and those they know.
