Mr. President, Please recommend at least 5 states tentatively "re-open" the day after Easter

4/5/2020 | self

[Future Useless Eater]

Mr. President, Please recommend at least 5 states tentatively "re-open" the day after Easter, based on recent data.

The following five states practice good social distancing (proven by their low daily percentage increase) and have the highest percentages of (formerly infected) citizens, deemed now NOT-contagious.

State     % "Recovered"
MN       50.9%
SD       35.8%
ND       33.9%
ME       30.7%
NH       23.2%

One of these states in particular, MN, now had MORE 'recovered-positive cases' (440) on 04/04 than it had 'Total-Cases' seven days prior, which implies this state's hospitals are employing the most effective treatment-acceleration protocols.

(IE, Infected citizens in MN are now recovering (on average) in less than 7 days.

Your task force should start the "back to business" process soon, perhaps at first in the lowest-risk states, with federal guidelines for maintaining the good results seen so far.




Data sources:
https://web.archive.org/web/20200404204954/https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20200328210714/https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/situation.html
https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/
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[Future Useless Eater]

We need to get this economy restarted, even if it is incremental, with federal guidance, and with more states added every week

[From The Deer Stand]

Wisconsin too! Gotta get business going!

[central_va]

Red states open tomorrow. Blue states next year.

[rhinohunter]

Are there any states that have NOT shut down all “non-essential” retail businesses?

[HighSierra5]

Red counties today. Blue counties never.

[cnsmom]

The states with highest Post degrees can probably work more online which most employers will try to continue.Just a guess.

[tflabo]

Yes do a ‘soft’ reopening phase 1. Open up the states and rural areas least affected. Require everyone out in the public to wear masks or face coverings plus practice all the other guidelines. If it goes well after 2 weeks open up the moderately populated regions. Then lastly the densely populated cities. Get it started after Easter with phase 1.

[rhinohunter]

Are there any states that have NOT shut down all “non-essential” retail businesses?

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Of the 29 deaths in MN, so far, 13 were nursing home or other long term care residents.

[cnsmom]

Go county by county but not college towns.

[unixfox]

I’m headed to Minneapolis in a week so this is good news. Now, let me eat in a frickin restaurant!

[central_va]

Republicans can go back to work now, Democrats can go back to work after Jan 1st of next year.

[madison10]

The President was correct with his first assessment of opening at Easter. Did Fauxci & Birx nix that date? Why?

[Salvavida]

It is not the President’s decision to make. It is the governors of those states.

[livius]

Totally agree. Florida should also be given a chance of reopening too. It’s a semi-red state.

People who don’t want to go out won’t have to and won’t be penalized..they can still get state bennies even if they’re just too scared to go out. But PLEASE open things up again. Make people wear masks, whatever, I don’t care. But open it up.

I wrote to the WH this morning and you all should do so too. Trump needs support.

[Dave Wright]

The governors and mayors of these states have the power right now to rescind the stay-at-home order any time they want. The Feds are just providing guidance to help them with their public health responsibilities. If the cases in their cities don’t spike they will be like the first people back in the water after a shark sighting. Everybody else will feel safe to join them.

If they are early and the virus overwhelms their health care system, people will die that didn’t have to. I’m not sure most politicians would take that bet.

[cherry]

wasn't it the governors who shut down the economy?....they need to be the ones to reopen....

trump could encourage....but let the rat governors take the responsibility for the economy....

[gibsonguy]

“Red states open tomorrow. Blue states next year.”

Yeah I bet something like that happens. Rat Governors: “Our priority is the health and safety of our citizens so we must stay locked down to insure their safety”. As soon a new case pops up in an opened area it will be a Drudge siren and front page above the fold in the NYT.

[Artcore]

Fauci is a pointy head bureaucrat! I do NOT trust the man!

[cherry]

will we ever feel "safe" again?...viruses just don't disappear....we will still need to practice good hygiene....

and, we should probably all try to get in better health..