Targeted response rather than wholesale shut down.

RESTRICTIONS SHOULD BE EXPANDED IN HOT AREAS

MANY ACTIVITIES CAN SAFELY CONTINUE

Travel restrictions should be expanded in New York city and other areas of high risk. Many people are leaving New York for eastern Pa., up-state New York, and wherever they can go out of New York. This activity will just spread the virus to the adjoining states. Those heavily infected areas should be shut down, no flights in or out, no travel except necessary supplies. 

At the same time it is not necessary to stop outdoor construction work and other outdoor activities. Shutting down state parks were people could easily keep a safe distance from each other and walk, hike etc is an over reaction.

The media is pushing the idea of a complete national shut down. These decisions need to be made in a rational way. What applies to New York city does not need to be inflicted on Tulsa Oklahoma or many other parts of the country. At the same time air travel is continuing into and out of New York, California and Washington state. These hot areas should be quarantined. Other places for now would do well to observe the standard policies of social distancing.

This is a very large country and the governors of these states are in the best position to make those decisions. That's why they are called governors. 

While the health crisis is the most pressing issue, the health of the economy needs to be a large consideration. The damage to the economy could possibly cause more death and destruction than the virus if not attended to.

The reality of the fantasy world that many Americans are living in has now come to the forefront. The inability to understand the basics of manufacturing processes and distribution is now evident in the daily complaints of citizens, politicians and the media. The educated know nothings of common necessities of life. 

We have the greatest retail and food production and distribution system the world has ever seen. When you walk into your favorite food market and have at your disposal every possible thing that you could desire, it is truly amazing. It is offered at truly very low prices in the scheme of human existence. These markets work on large volumes and small mark ups. We should all be very thankful.

When I hear people complain about prices and the methods of production, it is their ignorance of the very basic knowledge of what it takes for human survival. They complain about oil companies that make transportation and heat in their homes possible. All they have to do is turn the key and the dial on the thermostat. We now have a large part of the population that are spoiled and have lost their ability to maintain themselves. They no longer have the knowledge to sustain themselves and have no respect for those who have made it possible for their very survival.

While the inconvenience and temporary shortages of this present crisis are just an inconvenience, it will be another matter when the time comes that electric is lost for a month or food production system is disabled. Every American should daily give thanks for the system we have.