Anonymous wrote:This is not a political question. I am wondering if others think we will shut down like we did back in March for 2 weeks or a month. I think we should. I don’t know if there would be another stimulus to cover the economic losses.

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Biden said no shutdown nationwide. I heard it on NPR this morning.

He’s said very clearly and forcefully that he will not.

https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-says-under-no-circumstance-will-there-national-lockdown-1548878

In comments made Thursday, President-elect Joe Biden declared, "There will be no national shutdown" during his administration's response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

"I'm not going to shut down the economy, I'm going to shut down the virus,' Biden said, according to Bloomberg News political reporter Emma Kinery. "There will be no national shutdown.... There's no circumstance I can see that would require a total national shutdown."

His statement reiterated comments he made last Friday

Anonymous wrote:No but I think he’ll do mandated masks or strongly encourage governors to. Maybe he’ll withhold federal testing and ppe unless they mandate it.

How can the President mandate what people wear?

No but I think he’ll do mandated masks or strongly encourage governors to. Maybe he’ll withhold federal testing and ppe unless they mandate it.

Anonymous wrote:If he an inauguration parade and then orders a shutdown, there will be problems.

I wouldn’t count on there being much inauguration parade action.

He should apparently shut down air travel, based on what these idiots are doing this week.

If he an inauguration parade and then orders a shutdown, there will be problems.

No, it’s not even something he said he would support. Also he has no authority to impose a national shutdown. I’m not even sure what that means. I was always able to go where I needed to this spring. The limitations were on wants, not needs. However, our economy runs a good deal on wants so many businesses suffered. I think we have shown that if people wear masks, limit their time with those outside their families, and don’t take unnecessary risks, the transmission rate plummets. I live next to an anesthesiologist who regularly intubates COVID patients and he has not been infected. The problem is that many aren’t doing their part so we all have to keep suffering. I mean, I’m sick of all this, too, but it’s not that bad to keep mostly at home and wear masks when I don’t.

Now that the vaccine is here, probably not. I’m guessing a strict mask mandate though. And guidelines on prioritizing schools.

No. It wouldn't work.

Woops - meant this article: https://www.npr.org/2020/04/02/825293201/a-president-is-not-able-to-order-a-national-quarantine-experts-say

It can’t happen. Disaster response is at the state and local level. See this article which explains why.
https://www.npr.org/2020/04/02/825293201/a-president-is-not-able-to-order-a-national-quarantine-experts-say

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I personally dont he will because I think he knows nobody will follow it and it will create more bad will in the democratic party. Just look at what is happening in California right now. Police depts saying they wont enforce any rules as Newsome, Pelosi, etc live their lives how they always have while mandating shutdowns for the "working class".

Anonymous wrote:This is not a political question. I am wondering if others think we will shut down like we did back in March for 2 weeks or a month. I think we should. I don’t know if there would be another stimulus to cover the economic losses.

That wasn't a federal lockdown. The president has no real power to do so and he said he wouldn't recommend it wither.

This is not a political question. I am wondering if others think we will shut down like we did back in March for 2 weeks or a month. I think we should. I don’t know if there would be another stimulus to cover the economic losses.