Excellent state of the union. Wish it were a union! The echo chambers are really valuable, and different tiers of health are emerging between those who listen to experts and those who don’t. But as they say, “no one is safe until everyone is safe.” Staying hopeful amid all the persistent gloom!
I think part of the problem is that regardless of how you feel about our current state of affairs, a "forever emergency" isn't really tenable. What we need to do is move whatever we can from executive orders - which by their nature, are fragile and volatile - to statutes, enacted by competent legislative bodies. We can work towards incorporating as many parts of the PHE as we can into more permanent law, and it's going to be hard. Personally, I think it's something we should have started on a long time ago - anticipating an expiration date.
Excellent state of the union. Wish it were a union! The echo chambers are really valuable, and different tiers of health are emerging between those who listen to experts and those who don’t. But as they say, “no one is safe until everyone is safe.” Staying hopeful amid all the persistent gloom!
I think part of the problem is that regardless of how you feel about our current state of affairs, a "forever emergency" isn't really tenable. What we need to do is move whatever we can from executive orders - which by their nature, are fragile and volatile - to statutes, enacted by competent legislative bodies. We can work towards incorporating as many parts of the PHE as we can into more permanent law, and it's going to be hard. Personally, I think it's something we should have started on a long time ago - anticipating an expiration date.