Florida governor Ron DeSantis has put travel restrictions on New York to Florida travel. People coming to Florida are required to self-quarantine for 2 weeks.
I don't think that's good enough. There should be a complete ban on all movement of people from New York to Florida. Airlines should be banned from selling tickets in New York, with Florida destinations.
The problems New York is having is a result of a the reckless lack of proper city planning of previous generations. This negligence has created the enormous population density far above any other American city, both in housing, business, and transportation.
I wonder if they are still running their crowded subway trains, and cramming people into elevators in tall buildings.
Having lived in New York City for 30 years, I always had the feeling that the extreme population density there would blow up into something really bad someday. That day has arrived.
Honestly, the most disturbing part of this entire experience for me has not been how dangerous the virus is. Nor even the tenuous economic times.
It's how easily those Jackboots slip on way too many of my fellow American's feet. THAT is what keeps me up at night.
Really.
WHAT Jackboots ? The New York spring breakers and their callous disregard for Florida elderly ? If you mean that, I agree, except that the kids are YOUNG and stupid. We were all that way once.
Travel bans. Inhibiting the free movement of a free people.
Which is not as bad as allowing free movement, when that free movement is lethal to our population.
Government's primary responsibility is to PROTECT it's people. Not cater to dangerous outsiders. Get to work, Governor.
No indeed, the gov't main job is NOT to protect it's people; it's to protect its FREEDOMS and its nation. Where in the world did you get that idea? It's OUR job to protect ourselves.
God help us, our nation is well and truly lost.
No indeed. Government's number 1 responsibility is always the PROTECTION of it's people. I find your view to be horrifying.
Good Lord. Is this what the liberal loonies are teaching our kids these days ? I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Another example of the mess our education system has become.
Sure, it our job to protect ourselves, but that is only on an individual level. For larger things (Nazi Germany, ISIS, hurricanes, etc), it is governments job, and sometimes some freedom must be surpressed. During World War 2, citizens lived through blackouts for months to deter Japanese coastline attacks. Now we have stay home orders. I support them 100%,and I condemn those states not doing them.
The least we can do, is keep people from those irresponsible states out of here, and not let their recklessness spread to us.
Not only should people not be traveling to other states, they shouldn't even be traveling around in their own communities. They should be staying at home, except for absolute necessity.
Interstate travel to warm beaches is not necessity.