Perhaps it’s time to face the fact that Ben Franklin’s observation about the impossibility of purchasing security by removing freedom is as true today as it was in the 18th Century. Risk cannot be removed from life, it can only be mitigated at a certain cost. It’s now time to realize the cost is about to overwhelm the ability of the economy to recover.
As far as where the line of “reasonable restrictions” should be drawn, social distancing as a sensible suggestion by health officials is about as far as I believe it should go. Each individual can make decisions on mask-wearing or staying secluded due to personal health risks. This whole matter has allowed a crop of petty tyrants to erupt like crabgrass in a spring lawn. Each town mayor, county executive, and governor should be made to reflect on their actions that have removed livelihoods and collapsed their tax base.
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That's a POWERFUL perspective in your post #11 T-Bird.
As they say... "God helps those that help themselves"