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To help quell the spread of the virus, social distancing and quarantine measures have been implemented and some success has been shown to come from these measures.
"Essential" stores have remained open such as gas stations, pet stores, groceries and pharmacies, while "non essential" stores have been ordered closed. Shoppers have been stocking up on such items as frozen vegetables, peanut butter, canned food, medicine and toilet paper, while many department store chains and clothing stores have been closed for business because the government experts believe you don't need to buy clothing until things improve and it becomes safer to head on out to Urban Outfitters, Lululemon and Macy's.
Some establishments aren't clearly "essential" or "non essential," such as book stores, hotels and electronic stores. Our autocratic leaders and business "geniuses" will have to determine what is and what is not essential, at least when they can agree.
Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf of Pennsylvania, said last Sunday that hotels are essential. Democratic Gov. Steve Sisolak of Nevada, said last Tuesday that hotels are ordered to shut down for 30 days.
Wolf included on the essential list industrial manufacturers, agricultural, gas stations, feed mills, food processing companies, and warehousing operations as they are "essential" to supplying the state. Also included are banks, construction companies, home and auto repair, shipping companies, laundromats, insurance companies and pet stores. Of course, public transportation are also permitted to run.
Wolf ordered gathering places and other "nonessential" operations to close – community and recreation centers, salons and barbershops, bars, casinos, concert venues, theaters, golf courses, retail stores and shopping malls, aside from stores inside them that are deemed essential – such as pharmacies.
Hair cutting kits are selling like hotcakes.
In the San Francisco Bay Area, an order by local officials to comply with a three-week lockdown has many bookstores closing their physical shops. Reading is fundamental, but it isn't essential, in their minds.
But some book chains, Birmingham, Alabama-based Books-A-Million, which has about 200 country-wide stores, considers itself an essential service and has a "unique role" to play in the environment--they will remain open.
With San Francisco first announced its "shelter in place" order, and said only "essential businesses" could stay open to support the public's needs, they forgot to mention one type of store, but remembered it the next day: the marijuana shops, of course.
Democratic Mayor London Breed announced "adjustments" to the city's public health order that was initially issued the previous day. It originally said essential businesses, including banks and pharmacies, could remain open while residents were required to stay in their homes.
But she evidently had second thoughts, or maybe she just remembered that it wasn't on the list of essential businesses. Now dispensaries and marijuana deliveries are deemed critical.
In Michigan, people are permitted to go out on the water in rowboats or canoes, but are prohibited from using motor boats. Why? Because autocrat and Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer decided to use the power of her office to have power over the people in her state.
In Vermont, stores selling items designated "non essential" such as clothing and electronics were not permitted to sell them. Stores like Costco and Walmart were mandated to stop selling non essential items by order of Republic Gov. Phil Scott.
And who are they to say what is essential and nonessential. Absolutely absurd.
It has gotten to the ridiculous point where a store cannot sell seeds, but can sell pot, which may have seeds if it's the cheap stuff.
Give a politician and arm, and (s)he will take a leg, your freedom and your wallet if you allow it to happen.
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