We need to bombard the High Governor Roy Cooper's webpage....but in all honesty, YES....he has been following the lead of the other Governors....and was proactive. That proactivity that started NC to get on board and limit things and also "put out the word" will prevent us from being an epicenter. Don't go crazy with that statement. Roy occassionally acts responsibly. Our international community....(RTI area) and our diverse employment workforce.... were effectively "shut down" much earlier. I have friends (of the liberal faction) in Richmond and they did not see what all the hoopla was about. They entertained guests just arriving from Great Britain. NOTE, the CDC said to Self Quarantine for 14 day. WELL now, their friends were NOT sick and were nice people and would not go where the evil people (the underlings and masses) would congregate. They were of the "UNIVERSITY" crowd and they were protected by their God Given Right to be Snobs. You think that is a "tale". Factual....
SO....We are under a "closure" that was done for effect. YES....it does limit our ability to do stuff. But, as a 75 YO (without all the underlying conditions....just being an old Codger), Me and DW are self imposed and not socializing. We might have been out for groceries or meds ONCE since the first of the month. I have a nephew that is very intelligent and is a mid level (quite high) in a major Pharmaceutical company. His wife is a little lower....but they have been selected to be on special teams and do acquisitions and compliance work and such. They traveled all over the world. From maybe March 5, they were told by their CEO, in a confidential memo, to STAY at Home. They outrank (pay and organizational level) the Plant Managers of some NC operations. They, as well as others, are BANNED from entering ANY facility in NC or the world. These Pharmaceuticals are pumping out meds and vaccines and plasma and god only knows what at peak capacity. ONLY the "Manufacturing Related" personnel are allowed inside. That means that the Accounting and HR and many of the "Logistics" or the folks that order their chemicals and compounds and raw materials are BANNED. If you can do your job from home with a cell and a laptop (or computer), then you are NOT inside. ONLY the folks that have to wear the bunny suits and masks and such.
Now....is that Draconian. Many think so. BUT....when you have people that have world wide operations and they understand the seriousness of this virus.....then you want to err on the side of caution and conservatism.....
I DO feel and understand the impact on folks that have busy lives and kids and bills to pay and jobs to go to and hobbies and whatever....believe me I do. My daughter is a teacher. She is at home. She spends about 6 hours per day in video training sessions. The school system is going to launch at "virtual" classroom and they have raided the schools and will distribute the iPads and Laptops to students that do not have such. On a more sarcastic tone.....how they gonna get the word out if nobody got a computer or broadband to the folks will less resources. They text and email them on their ObamaPhones.....
No more ranting.....lets close with a positive note....and WHY we need to bombard OLD Roy Cooper. Bring in the NG. SET UP ROADBLOCKS on major interstates.....UNPRECEDENTED you say.... Read on....
https://www.foxnews.com/us/rhode-island-hunting-down-new-yorkers-seeking-coronavirus-refuge
If the various shut downs will lessen the crowds that were having "Corona and Virus" parties....then I'm all for it. We can NOT let this spread. NYC gets horror story headlines....and Cuomo is gunning for Biden to become the "savior" Dem Prez Candidate.
But, in reality.....the world....just NOT the US was caught flat footed. NO ONE ever planned (or would have thought to plan) for the magnitude of this virus. We do NOT have a TamiFlu drug that we can put people on when we think they have it. We do NOT have a vaccine that we can mass inject. We barely have one "Theraputic" treatment....which is being rushed in development and will require a distribution effort that we have never seen or had to face today.
Maybe I am a little gloom and doom. I want to be virus free or know that there are resources should I become ill. I want my children and GK to not "catch it" and hope that their immune system will fiend it off.
The community spreading will slow down once warmer weather and higher humidity comes. We have also eliminated one major contributor to the "Seasonal Flu"....being cooped up in offices and schools and malls and theaters and pubs and whatever in cold weather. THAT is one of the, if not the major, sources of catching the Seasonal Flu.....so being socially distanced....practicing good hygiene (which few rarely do) and all the other things buys us time.....hotter weather and time for the supply chains to be replenished and the big Pharmas to start producing some needed "remedies" as well as developing and testing and gearing up for a massive vaccine program.
Some of you lived through the Polio Epidemic of the 50's I and my wife did. Swimming pools and playgrounds and Sunday Schools and movie theaters were shut down then. Parents would not let strangers or other kids near their children. My mom and dad did....I did not contract it....but I had classmates that did. Some recovered with no ill effects. Some had issues. Some died. NOW we find out that folks that recovered back then....with seemingly NO impacts die younger or get life threatening diseases or conditions. There have been studies.....not really well funded....but the evidence is there.
We do NOT want to have another generation that might be carrying dormant or supposedly cured conditions that in 40 years or so will decrease their lifespan or their quality of life....
Thanks...