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My protection remains to be seen.

I assume that if governors in blue states deem it reasonably appropriate — following actual  scientific guidelines — to ease off on the stay home orders, that they will be doing so for reasons other than to preserve Donald Trump’s political fortunes and a wallet (certainly not the meager contents of my wallet). The advice here about shut downs bothers me a little because I think it too often seems to reflect an incomplete perspective.  I do not necessarily  see this as a red/blue divide, even though there is obviously great merit  in the argument that some red state governors have acted like reckless fools, and that Trump has too.  He will surely be defeated because voters are sick of looking at him.

At some point, offices have to open.  Where I happen to have little faith in employers is in what they will do when employees return.  My personal hope is that more employees recognize that they have tremendous potential power to band together and act collectively.  If part of that means striking to avoid going in to face unsafe circumstances, that’s part of it.   But I am a little old fashioned about that.   As for telework, I think people should not kid themselves—employers singing its virtues today are very likely to take it away and do their best to make sure it never returns.  They’ll commission studies purporting to show all its negatives.

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[b]One of the conditions laid out by the administration is 14 days of declining new cases and deaths.[/b] There is NO state where that is happening right now. Ergo, setting an open date without that condition is going against the stated guidelines. Further, in order to be able to open, there has to be readily available masks, gloves, PPE and most important, testing. Having the emergency lifted, thus forcing business owners into the box of making their employees return to work when it isn't necessarily safe, is a huge dilemma that only benefits the property owner who is now able to collect rent or force a business out. That doesn't benefit ANYONE. None of this makes logical sense if I live in Georgia, for example.[/quote]

You need to review the criteria again.  [/quote]

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