I saw that yesterday.. This is happening at many work places in Iowa.
Coronavirus Coronavirus: In-Iowa General Discussion (Not Limited)
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I've thought this too, and wondered why so many people act like the President (regardless of party) is responsible for deciding on closing restaurants, etc. The only thing the president/executive branch can do related to social distancing is things like:
- Be a cheerleader/Sell hope/Make recommendations (non-enforceable things)
- Decide on foreign travel (like the European travel ban)
- Set policy for territories and DC (maybe? unsure on this)
- Declare Marshall law (yikes!)
Things like opening/closing restaurants, public transport, lockdowns, travel restrictions within a state, etc are made by governors/state legislature.
Not a political thing, just reminding everyone of Government 101.
Yes, the states have police powers and local authorities have means to enforce law.
But, there are federal laws that allow for the executive branch to act here, all valid under the commerce clause or as a matter of national security. For example, we could probably use the logistics arm of the military to get the medical supplies and equipment where it needs to be...
https://www.dla.mil/
Econ 101: Rationing is ALWAYS a consequence of unlimited demand chasing limited scare resources - unless price is available as a sorting mechanism.
Same. I work for Principal, I can WFH, work with super-sensitive info all the time (like, HIPPA stuff, health info, etc), it's double-hyper encrypted whatever. For whatever reason Wells Fargo still likes the "big building" concept, it seems.
Also, we got a notice yesterday that someone with a confirmed case of Coronavirus was in our building, so we've gone from "recommended WFH" to "mandatory WFH" for at least 14 days. Not sure if that's the whole building, or just my group.
A president can apply TONS of political pressure though. Ultimately a governor can do what they want in this situation, but that doesn't make it easy or free from retaliation in other areas if you go against the oval office.
Would the thing about dispatching military hospital ships fall under that? I also wonder if the govn't will take Carnival up on their offer to use cruise ships as "floating hospitals."
It doesn't seem like the stores have been that busy in the last week or so, in Ames anyways.
Has the hoarding slowed down? Shelves looking a little more full? We haven't been to the store in almost two weeks and will need to make a trip soon.
They are begging the president to get the US military more involved in the northeast to help with logistics and he doesn't seem to want to do it.
No, trump cannot mandate all bars and restaurants opened, but his opinion does hold a lot of weight to some of these governors, especially those that are republicans. If Gov. Reynolds were a democrat, I would say with almost 100% confidence we'd already be in a state shutdown.
Lol there was someone who came INTO our building yesterday who explained he came into contact with someone that tested positive.. Our company didn't have a conversation about it. Didn't even tell us. I had to find out from another coworker.
I think, in general, the state is doing a pretty good job of handling (not just Gov. Reynolds, but the emergency mgmt people, etc.) It seems reasonable to track what's happening, and not all states need to react the same way. What NY does shouldn't nesc. be the same as what WY does.
Having said that, I am a bit torn, after hearing about and reading about stupid employers that are forcing their workers to come in day after day for office jobs in non-essential areas. The state shouldn't have to mandate that employers stop acting stupid, but yet, here they are, so maybe it's inevitable.
I'm responding to both of your replies here.. Yes, incredibly ignorant. I've heard conversations that even if someone within the office would catch this, we wouldn't shut down or work from home. There are now 3 people that have gotten tested that were connected to this company in some way, and there hasn't been a single conversation to the employees yet regarding it.
I had to run out yesterday to HyVee (DSM). The meat counter had product again! Also eggs. They still didn't have a single roll of TP or rice. Canned foods were starting to build back up but still very thin. Fiance and I didn't panic with the TP 2 weeks ago like everyone else and now we're getting concerned we may run out. I was banking that the idiots would all be fully stocked and logistics would catch up late this week. Thankfully I have a lot of socks...
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