The bottom line is: we are not at the mercy of this virus
Maybe not, but we are definitely on our own. If you have some good people at your county level, they may help stem the spread of infections.
Here in CT the counties have no power—everything is run by the state—and our governor has already proven he is a menace on CV—we have hundreds of people (in two hospitals) that should have been quarantined and tested but were not...