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    Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 14 May 2020

    Jeet Heer Retweeted Slate

    Too much of the discussion of the lockdown/reopening is about government policy, but what is equally crucial is what people do voluntarily. The public was ahead of the USA government in stat-in-place and are still very cautious.https://twitter.com/Slate/status/1260957353983295489 …

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    Southern states “reopened,” but no one wants to dine out again. https://slate.trib.al/vHXBM7W 
    12:04 PM - 14 May 2020
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      2. Matt‏ @mattjsilv 14 May 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        So why are government restrictions necessary?

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      2. Stephen Robinson‏ @SER1897 14 May 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Doesn’t that bolster the libertarian/small government argument? Given the medical information, people will generally make cautious choices.

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      3. Stephen Robinson‏ @SER1897 14 May 2020
        Replying to @SER1897 @HeerJeet

        One issue has been that states don’t really want to enforce lockdown orders. It’s not just Texas. We saw how they were enforced inconsistently and with racial bias in NY.

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      1. Blake‏ @far_to_the_left 14 May 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Exactly. The economic collapse preceded the lockdown because people did not feel safe. They stayed home much earlier and stopped spending their money out. It’s why reopening isn’t going to get things back to normal. The majority of people don’t feel safe.

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      1. Todger Strunk‏ @WaxEBuildup 14 May 2020
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        Right. But individuals need the legitimacy of laws & support from the government to take time from work, or permission to work from home (assisted by it being more-or-less required by laws), and so on.

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      1. Eric Medlin‏ @MedlinWrites 14 May 2020
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        They'll come back, but they'll do so slowly and carefully. Except in Wisconsin, I don't know what those people are thinking...

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      1. Orange Curtain Heretic (Raiders)‏ @K_JOE_ 14 May 2020
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        I just don't believe it . If you open up restaurants and bars people are going to show up , no doubt in my mind about that . This thing was blown way out of proportion from the get go. Let the business owners decide how to safely get back to normal. #GoOutside

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      1. the UMW are mining company goons‏ @StuAllen5 14 May 2020
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        https://www.theonion.com/florida-governor-deploys-national-guard-to-force-reside-1843463980?utm_source=TheOnion_Daily_RSS&utm_medium=email …

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      2. Mike Pozar‏ @poach187 14 May 2020
        Replying to @HeerJeet

        Honestly if all government restrictions were lifted tomorrow my and my family’s behavior wouldn’t change much at all. WFH; only essential trips (grocery store, takeout from restaurants); masks in public. Certainly no dine-in, movie theatres or baseball games for us anytime soon.

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      3. Mike Pozar‏ @poach187 14 May 2020
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        The biggest factor for us is school closures, and we’ve already adjusted to the reality of the kids being home for the rest of the school year, and that’s not going to change. So we pretty much know what our lives look like until fall. Biggest open q is if schools will open then.

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