President Trump announced that we are to continue the 6 foot social distancing until the end of April. That also includes staying home and away from one another as much as possible. It was supposed to be until April 13, right after Easter. In fact, Trump had high hopes of being able to fill churches and celebrate Easter. It is evident that this will get worse before it gets better, and it is. I fear this is just the beginning here in Iowa. The experts have talked of flattening the curve. To me, that just means this thing is going to go on for a very long time. Instead of getting hit hard and moving on, this thing is going to be a long, slow mess.
We talked to Jayden a little in the evening, She is so anxious to get back to Oklahoma. She has good friends that are back in town, one being her roommate. They were all asking when she will be coming back. And of course, her heartstrings are being pulled by a boy who is so anxiously awaiting to see her. She wants to leave now, pack up and go before it gets any worse here. We told her she needs to stay here and explained we are being good parents by having her stay here and be safe. I made a good point, what if she were to get sick in Alva, nobody would be there to help her and most likely we would not be allowed to even travel. We are in a National emergency and pandemic. It would not be wise for her to leave. She is sad and angry and doesn't understand. She feels we are being controlling and unfair. Where there is a will there is a way is the motto she lives by. She is one determined girl and will push and convince until she gets her way. This will be a hard battle. She finds comfort in her cat.
USA Today- March 30,2020 South Carolina this week joined the ranks of
states mandating their residents to stay home to combat the coronavirus
pandemic, leaving eight holdouts. The governors of those eight states have
offered different reasons for their refusal to issue the kind of directives
implemented across most of the nation, covering more than 310 million
Americans. Some say the specific circumstances of their state don’t merit such
a mandate, others have advocated social responsibility instead, and yet others
have expressed a preference for following the advice of their state officials. The
governors do have one significant trait in common: They’re all Republican. Of
course, so is President Donald Trump, who has resisted calls for a national
mandate that might send the strongest, most unambiguous message about the
importance of social distancing to curb spread of the virus. It’s not clear the
president can actually supersede the governors’ authority in this area, but he
could strengthen federal guidelines that stop short of directing citizens to
remain at home except for essential activities. In the absence of such a
command, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Utah
and Wyoming continue to resist calls from some of the leading experts to issue
a statewide lockdown. What do stay-at-home and shelter-in-place orders mean? While
some states have issued shelter-in-place orders, others are calling their
directives stay-at-home orders. The mandates differ by location but generally
require people to avoid all nonessential outings and stay inside as much as
possible. They allow residents to continue performing tasks essential to the
health and safety of family and pets. It's still fine to buy groceries, go for
a run, walk the dog, pick up medicine, visit a doctor or get supplies to work
from home. Federal guidelines give state and local authorities leeway in what
they consider "essential" businesses during an emergency. But in
general, those industries include grocery stores and food production,
pharmacies, health care, utilities, shipping, banking, other governmental
services, law enforcement, emergency services and news outlets.
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