{"id":807370,"date":"2020-05-12T16:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T22:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=383184"},"modified":"2020-05-12T16:15:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T22:15:00","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-hasnt-the-countywide-shutdown-achieved-its-goal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/letter-to-the-editor-hasnt-the-countywide-shutdown-achieved-its-goal\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter to the editor: Hasn\u2019t the countywide shutdown achieved its goal?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The initial goal of the economic shutdown and stay-at-home orders was to slow the spread of the virus. The intent was to avoid overloading the health care system. Clearly, here in Summit County, that goal has been achieved.<\/p>\n

Has the goal now changed? Is the intent now to absolutely prevent any chance of the virus transmitting, no matter how small? Viruses are a normal part of life. Trying to stop them completely is misguided.<\/p>\n

For many years, we have suppressed fire. Taken heroic efforts to stop it completely. The result? Catastrophic wildfires. What can we learn from this experience?<\/p>\n

Yes indeed, reasonable measures are prudent. Particularly hand-washing and self-awareness to avoid public places when one is experiencing symptoms. Twenty percent of actions that produce 80% of results make sense.<\/p>\n

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