There are increasing calls in some states to “open” the economy, and to
let things “go back to normal.”This is misguided on at least two levels, and taking
this step creates great risk of even more widespread outbreaks of the virus.
First, there is not a sufficient
testing protocol in place, nor a clear understanding of how to rein in this
virus. There is a rush to find solutions, and
understandably so, but the fact of the matter is that ignoring well established
testing methods for new vaccines, for any health issue, is essentially without
precedent. Doing so here would set an
alarming precedent, especially given the life threatening nature of this virus,
and its potential to wreak havoc on people around the world. This is about saving human lives, and that
must take priority over anything else, otherwise, the discussion will evolve
into a deeply disturbing direction about the value of life.
Second, those who protest, and who figuratively wrap themselves in the
US flag while doing so, would do well to read the Constitution, and to think
about our system of laws. To claim, as
these protesters do, that stay at home orders infringe on their liberties, is a
deeply flawed argument. Regulations and laws are in place to protect
citizens. One of many analogies that
exposes the off base nature of the protesters’s arguments is the traffic
regulation for red lights; you run a red light, you have broken the law. That law is in place to protect others from
the consequences of running a red light.
It is the same with a stay at home order. It is in place to protect
others from one who may spread exposure to this lethal virus. Neither law or regulation is an infringement
on civil liberties. They are in place to maintain a framework for an orderly
society where citizens have measures of protections against the wrongful acts
of others.
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