{"id":47036,"date":"2020-05-01T13:35:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-01T19:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=382585"},"modified":"2020-05-01T13:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-01T19:35:00","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-reopening-everything-too-soon-could-allow-covid-19-to-rebound","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kift\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-reopening-everything-too-soon-could-allow-covid-19-to-rebound\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Reopening everything too soon could allow COVID-19 to rebound"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"52\">\n<p>These days, people say things like, \u201cI\u2019m praying for this to be over, so we can get out and go back to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I reply, \u201cMe, too. And I\u2019m praying people won\u2019t keep getting sick and dying from the virus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Their reaction indicates they haven\u2019t thought much about that aspect of the crisis. I\u2019m guessing Kim McGahey and Patrick Augustine, judging from their April 28 letters to the editor, are in that category.<\/p>\n<p>We have now lost more than 60,000 fellow Americans to coronavirus in three months \u2014 more than we lost in 20 tragic years of the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col\" readability=\"6\">\n<div class=\"row sd-donation sd-donation-mobile p-0\" readability=\"7\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-4 p-2\">\n<div data-bg=\"url(https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png)\" class=\"p-0 mt-2 mb-2 h-75 text-center rocket-lazyload\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo m-0 p-0 invisible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><h3 class=\"d-inline mr-3\">Support Local Journalism<\/h3>\n<p><button class=\"btn d-inline\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickMidArticle()\">Donate<\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Yet complainers rant about state and local restrictions designed by health professionals to protect all of us. One protestor grumbled, \u201cIt\u2019s not fair to the rest of us who don\u2019t have coronavirus.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What kind of \u201cfairness\u201d do they want? The kind that allows them to infect themselves and each other? If that were the only outcome, we could say it\u2019s fair. But when they\u2019re also likely to infect the rest of us, that\u2019s where fairness ends.<\/p>\n<p>We all sympathize with Americans who have lost jobs during this crisis and businesses that have lost money. In no way do we downplay their losses. But it seems painfully obvious, from public health professionals who actually know what they\u2019re talking about (unlike some of our politicians), that our only way out of this \u2013 until a cure and vaccination are found \u2013 remains social distancing and testing as much as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Health professionals warn reopening everything too soon could allow COVID-19 to rebound, spreading rapidly and killing more Americans. Let\u2019s prevent that by showing courage and compassion, staying the course together until this scourge is under control \u2013 according to those professionals, not politicians trying to score points by pandering to their base.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div readability=\"11.254797441365\">\n<div class=\"col-xl-7 pt-3 pb-4 sd-4 pl-4\" readability=\"19.081545064378\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.summitdaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/03\/SDN-logo-white-1.png\" class=\"logo\"><\/p>\n<p><strong>As a Summit Daily News reader, you make our work possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Now more than ever, your financial support is critical to help us keep our communities informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having on our residents and businesses. Every contribution, no matter the size, will make a difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Your donation will be used exclusively to support quality, local journalism.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> <button class=\"btn\" type=\"button\" onclick=\"handleDonationButtonClickBelow()\">Donate<\/button><\/div>\n<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/opinion\/letter-to-the-editor-reopening-everything-too-soon-could-allow-covid-19-to-rebound\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>These days, people say things like, \u201cI\u2019m praying for this to be over, so we can get out and go back to work.\u201d I reply, \u201cMe, too. And I\u2019m praying people won\u2019t keep getting sick and dying from the virus.\u201d Their reaction indicates they haven\u2019t thought much about that aspect of the crisis. 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