Ball State plans to reopen in Fall

Maybe not hospitalization, but isolation and contact tracing to limit spread from cases discovered promptly.

I think we are too early for this to work. Too many asymptomatic cases and testing only available right now for symptomatic cases and their close contacts.

That makes it impossible to contain cases.

00hmh is being called out for his idiotic partisan statement, but declines to respond.  Ordinarily he has minimum of 5 paragraphs to say about the most trivial of topics, but has nothing to say about this.  Of course, the only thing he really CAN say is "yeah that was pretty stupid" but his vanity won't allow that.  He's painted himself into a corner of shame and has to just sit there and be insulted.  A good lesson for him that echo chamber nonsense needs to stay in the echo chamber.

I made a one sentence response which seems adequate.

This is too much about politics and the substance not that interesting to take further.

This is about the governor (and president) trying to balance public health and economic concerns.

It's also about your unrealistic expectations of being able to keep everyone imprisoned with no consequences.

We blew past 20% unemployment in April. 30% is probable. Over 33 million jobs lost, with no definitive timeline for them coming back. Many of them will never come back, as business are going bankrupt left and right, more as the lockdown drags on.

You can't keep Americans holed up indefinitely. We're risk-takers by nature, or at least we used to be. We're devolving into a "safety net for everything" mentality, which will knock us off our status as a world leader. We're a capitalist society, and if people aren't spending, people aren't earning, and the engine stops with disastrous results for years. And not just economically. As liberals like to remind us continually, the people most at risk are the ones suffering most. Low-income service jobs are hardest hit, but it's creeping up into middle incomes as well. Some of the people will get angry, depressed, desperate. Not a good outcome.

But it's easy to draw a paycheck, sit at home "working", and tell us it's for our own good. Because science says so.

The problem with all these reopening plans is the mixed messages they're sending: It's safe to go out and do business again, but wear a mask, make sure you wash your hands, don't touch your face and don't get too close to anyone.

Soon enough Kayla can go back to waiting tables at Hooters for those limited few who are tired of online porn and need some overpriced wings and nachos. Those who have some Kohl's cash burning a hole in their pocket will be able to navigate those 18-inch-wide aisles to satisfy their shopping urges.

Our government officials can tell people it's safe to get out and do business but why would you feel safe doing that when those same officials are hunkered down and the only people who get within 50 feet of them are tested daily.

Really what's needed to get the economy going again is a massive confidence campaign. Celebrities and other notables out and about. Real-live close-contact catfights from the Housewives of whatever city. Shooting some good old sports movies in stadiums filled with extras. Thousands crowding around stages at real concerts, not virtual ones.

But maybe the most effective PSA would be getting the porn industry involved. You know that when the porn industry is back to normal, it's OK to go out again. When I see Donald and Stormy locked in an anal embrace while Mike cowers and whimpers in the corner, I'll know all is right with the world again.