It occurred to me in this politically charged environment that the meaning of negligence of governance was an empty phrase. When stating a governor, president or administrator is negligent or grossly negligent of taking care of citizens there is a definition behind it.
A governor cannot pick and choose how many people succumb to the virus and how many cannot. There are proven methods of bringing the virus under control. When a first wave of virus hits a country of people allowing the virus to flourish is not an option. Until a virus is known in its capacity to make ill, maim or kill human beings the best way to avoid all those problems is to shelter at home and maintain that for the timeline that makes the virus unable to be viable. There is no other way to “flatten the curve”
Once the curve of infections are reduced and hospitals are able to handle the number off new cases, the stay at home requirement is no longer necessary. But, the next strategy is to protect the people from contracting the virus and eliminating it with face masks, hand washing and social distancing. Ultimately no risky behaviors and with that the curve takes a sharp decline into single digit numbers or less.
There is no vacation time at this point. People should still be minimizing the time spent with others.
In the case of Florida, Texas and Arizona the number of cases sky-rocketed. That doesn’t mean a governor or president or mayor does nothing and thinks, “Gee, that’s too bad.” People have to return to stay at home status until the curve flattens again. There are no options here. Maintaining danger of spread is gross negligence in governance.
Allowing the continued spread is a false option. There is no option to allow the spread of the virus unabated. That flippant idea is gross negligence. Gross negligence is not legal, moral or ethical. There is no choice in believing the economy supersedes human life. When any authority states the virus is under control when it is not that is a human rights abuse and gross negligence. The choice that states being exposed to the virus is okay and having high hospital census is the new normal that is, in my opinion, negligent homicide.
There is no allowing illness, there is only containment. The methods used to contain it are sheltering at home or the hand washing, face mask and social distancing regime. The sheltering at home option is applied whenever and for as many times necessary that hospitals are unable to care for the ill. There is no third option. There is no option that allows illness, maiming or death to benefit an economy. That is a false choice.
