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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So who ultimately makes these decisions at the county level? Loudoun, Fairfax, Arlington? I haven't seen any full board votes.[/quote]

Very good question.  We live out in Loudoun, and this decision (to push out Phase I) makes ZERO sense.  Loudoun has:

Population:  ~400,000
Hospitalized for COVID:  129
Deaths by COVID:  38  (29 of those in are 80 or older)

This virus impacts the elderly; isolate/test/treat/protect/focus on that demographic with all the resources possible, but let the rest of the population start to return to normalcy.[/quote]

Do you want everyone from Arlington, Alexandria and Fairfax flocking to Loudoun to hang out at the wineries/breweries, shopping at the outlet, and over running your parks?[/quote]

We took the day off tomorrow and will be “flocking” to Stafford for wineries and dinner (all outdoor seating). Cannot WAIT. [/quote]

And this is exactly what would happen in Loudoun if they were not included as part of the NoVa region.  Yes, the numbers are much lower in Loudoun than Arlington but proximity is still very close.

If Loudoun wants this in order to "return to normalcy", let your chairperson know that you're okay with the rest of the region coming there.  This is why the rest of Va is open, because they made a stink about being closed since their numbers are lower than our region. But now lots of people are going down to their area.

It's a trade off.

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Well, let's look back at what Governor Northam said on May 4 when a reporter asked if parts of VA would be allowed to open before others:

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 [b]do this as a Commonwealth rather than by region.[/b] Well, I’ll give you one example and I’ve told you this before. [b]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[/b], 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, [b]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[/b].
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. [b]And when we reopen, when we go into phase one, I want to do that as a Commonwealth as well.[/b] Because one of the things that I have seen which I commend Virginia, this has brought Virginians together. What I worry about[b] 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.[/b][/quote]

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