Social Distancing

Social distancing (closing schools, cancelling the gatherings, staying home) only works well if we all do it at the same time.  I think it's time.  I might be wrong.  Folks in charge locally don't agree with me.  It won't be coming from the top anytime soon.  If people ask me if they should travel, if they should host a large gathering, my answer is no.  Most of us will do fine.  Some of us won't.  If we all get sick at the same time, we can easily overwhelm the hospitals.  We have two models already on display for study: In both Wuhan and Italy, officials hesitated and only took drastic action when the hospitals were overwhelmed.  Hospital beds full.  Ventillators at capacity and the folks who need them next don't get them.  Medical personnel working at past their capacity and getting sick.  In Wuhan, the government was able to do what democracies so far have not done:  built two large hospitals in weeks and shipped in doctors and nurses from the rest of the country.  And had people STAY HOME.  In Wuhan, they did it--the number of cases has decreased to where it is less in China than in the US.  We shall see what will happen in Italy.  And the US.  We can vote with our behavior.  We can keep our children home, stay home ourselves, don't go to the parties, political rallies, and the events.  I get it.  I went to films at True False.  I hope we will act in time.