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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hope they start enacting more strict restrictions. We are failing. We need to have restrictions on who is outside when. More enforcement of staying in and possibly even shutting down takeout. I would be for fining parents who let their kids plays with neighbors. And I say this as someone with kids. [/quote]

I completely disagree. Our percentage of new cases compared to the total number have been trending downward. The percentage of positives to number of test has also been trending downward.

I’m disappointed that the governor just last Monday sent a message of moving forward as one commonwealth. See the transcript below. If the entire state isn’t ready for Phase 1, then we shouldn’t.
Ralph Northam: (20:54)
The question I believe from Alan Suderman was regarding the regional approach and whether some areas of Virginia could be open prior to others. A couple of comments I would make Alan. We have had a great group of business leaders across Virginia, some of whom are from rural areas and the overwhelming advice coming from them is to do this as a Commonwealth rather than by region. Well, I’ll give you one example and I’ve told you this before. If we open certain areas of the Commonwealth and close others, people from the closed areas may travel, probably will travel to the open areas and not only bring new cases from hotspots if you will in Virginia, but also potentially bring in cases from other states. And so we don’t want that to happen. The other thing that we would be doing, we would be picking winners and losers in Virginia and something that has been very important to me as the governor is to see Virginia as a Commonwealth.
Ralph Northam: (22:12)
Perhaps some people have made more sacrifices than others, but we have all sacrificed and when we made the decision to close down, to have the stay at home order, I did this as a Commonwealth. And when we reopen, when we go into phase one, I want to do that as a Commonwealth as well. Because one of the things that I have seen which I commend Virginia, this has brought Virginians together. What I worry about if we do one region open rather than another, it just is a tremendous potential for more division. And the last thing that we need in this state, the last thing we need in this country right now is division.[/quote]

If we're worried about people from closed areas traveling to open areas and bringing more cases of the virus, it makes sense to make these decisions on a regional basis rather than a state-wise basis.  I don't see too many people from Arlington traveling to Danville just because they've reopened while Arlington is still closed, but people from DC or Bethesda would absolutely travel to Arlington if it reopens while the others are still closed.[/quote]

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