Phoenix and all other Valley cities need to reopen ASAP! (Maricopa: home, unemployment rate)

[Valley Native]

https://www.newsweek.com/las-vegas-m...te-now-1498434

Too bad Mayor Gallego can't be as assertive as Las Vegas Mayor Goodman, who is rightfully calling the closing of businesses "insanity". That's exactly what it is. We have over 4,500 confirmed COVID 19 cases in Arizona & over 2,000 cases in Maricopa County, which admittedly is nothing to sweep under the rug, but it's not anywhere near what the hot spots (NYC, Detroit, etc.) are reporting. Even in those places, it's roughly 1% of the population who have tested positive.

We're forcing a 10 to 15% unemployment rate, and nearly 40% of small businesses to close down or restrict their services all because of a virus that's affecting <1% of the total population. Enough of this isolation nonsense. It's abnormal, unAmerican, and in many ways unconstitutional. The restrictions need to be lifted ... although in a cautious way. We can't go on like this much longer before the economy collapses and chaos breaks out.

[Sno0909]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

https://www.newsweek.com/las-vegas-m...te-now-1498434

Too bad Mayor Gallego can't be as assertive as Las Vegas Mayor Goodman, who is rightfully calling the closing of businesses "insanity". That's exactly what it is. We have over 4,500 confirmed COVID 19 cases in Arizona & over 2,000 cases in Maricopa County, which admittedly is nothing to sweep under the rug, but it's not anywhere near what the hot spots (NYC, Detroit, etc.) are reporting. Even in those places, it's roughly 1% of the population who have tested positive.

We're forcing a 10 to 15% unemployment rate, and nearly 40% of small businesses to close down or restrict their services all because of a virus that's affecting <1% of the total population. Enough of this isolation nonsense. It's abnormal, unAmerican, and in many ways unconstitutional. The restrictions need to be lifted ... although in a cautious way. We can't go on like this much longer before the economy collapses and chaos breaks out.

Starting to agree...

[asufan]

I don't necessarily agree but I do think we should legalize weed and sports betting in AZ and tax the hell out of it to help the recovery

[DetroitN8V]

How do you know that it won’t spread like wildfire once people are back among each other?

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by DetroitN8V

How do you know that it won’t spread like wildfire once people are back among each other?

Because we're supposed to be one of the "safer" metro areas due to our mostly detached way of living, remember? Our climate is also supposed to act as a deterrent according to some. It might reach the 90s next week, and that means the 100s probably aren't too far off, then the intense heat will take over & finally kill off this mean ol' virus. In any event, I say proceed with some caution, but keeping businesses closed/restricted & everybody at home is a hell of a lot more devastating to people than COVID 19 will ever be.

[exit2lef]

There’s a rally to make this point at noon on Monday at the Capitol. I hope those who participate exercise better judgment than some of the protesters in Lansing, Michigan, who undermined their cause with Confederate flags and Trump paraphernalia. I have mixed feelings about the “Reopen America” movement, but it deserves to be heard. I think it has a better chance of being taken seriously if not intertwined with partisan politics and controversial imagery. Make it a non-partisan appeal for a rational analysis of the harms of the disease vs. the harms of the cure.

[Casey73]

I've been out and about for a while now. Today I went shopping for groceries, went to a pottery store and an electronics store yesterday. Got take out twice from my favorite restaurants. The power of the media is on full display. If it's on TV it must be true, right? Same with print. For every article I read providing information (mostly speculation) about the CHINA VIRUS there is another article providing speculative and contrary information. I watch no television news, and read very little on line news. We need to start moving forward now. There is a trickle of information now saying the projected numbers from authoritative sources based on models were greatly exaggerated. Ya think?

[Valley Native]

Originally Posted by exit2lef

There’s a rally to make this point at noon on Monday at the Capitol. I hope those who participate exercise better judgment than some of protesters in Lansing, Michigan, who undermined their cause with Confederate flags and Trump paraphernalia. I have mixed feelings about the “Reopen America” movement, but it deserves to be heard. I think it has a better chance of being taken seriously if not intertwined with partisan politics and controversial imagery. Make it a non-partisan appeal for a rational analysis of the harms of the disease vs. the harms of the cure.

Agreed. It needs to be non partisan because it's affecting everybody regardless of political party or who they vote for. I can't understand why anybody would be in favor of a dictatorship type of rule which we have allowed to happen. Remember, it's the government (not the virus) which caused the once bustling economy to fall of a cliff! This could have & should have been handled in a much less restrictive way.

[DetroitN8V]

Originally Posted by Valley Native

Because we're supposed to be one of the "safer" metro areas due to our mostly detached way of living, remember? Our climate is also supposed to act as a deterrent according to some. It might reach the 90s next week, and that means the 100s probably aren't too far off, then the intense heat will take over & finally kill off this mean ol' virus. In any event, I say proceed with some caution, but keeping businesses closed/restricted & everybody at home is a hell of a lot more devastating to people than COVID 19 will ever be.

I really can’t tell if you’re being sarcastic with this whole thing. Maybe not undertaking social cues is a symptom of the virus and I’m about the be screwed! Either way, I think we need to learn from history and not let our guard down prematurely. None of these conspiracy theorists ranting and raving about their liberties being stripped have come up with anything to support their claim that it’s safe to open things up at this point.

[belgirl]

So do you think Ducey will try to open gradually on May 1st? Or wait a couple of more weeks?