09-30-2020, 08:18 PM
(09-30-2020, 05:40 PM)Coke6pk Wrote: Those other events aren't contagious... so there is less risk having others out and about.
You state food delivery... where are they getting the food. Those places need to be staffed.
Who is enforcing the lockdown? Those people need to be out.
The delivery drivers need gas... so gas station employees need to be out.
I think we all agree a real lockdown is the best course of action, I just don't think it can be attained.
Coke
That’s why it has to be pre-planned. Everything that is to remain open has to have a plan to operate safely. There are lots of ways to do this; but in a severe enough situation, it could be entirely reasonable to have the roads closed except for explicitly permitted activity. So for example, a gas station employee might be authorized to drive from their home to the gas station, and nowhere else.
Unfortunately, I suspect we do not collectively have the skills to have a meaningful debate on how this should be done. I certainly don’t have the answers, but I know that somebody who immediately says, “but … my rights!” when they see this suggestion probably has little to contribute. On the flip side, anybody who immediately dismisses the needs of people to see friends during a situation like this also has little to contribute.
So as a practical rather than theoretical matter, you may well be right.