Late this afternoon, the Governor of Colorado, Jared Polis, made an announcement to Colorado Ski Country that he will be issuing an executive order tonight which will require the State’s ski resorts to close for a period of time. This, unfortunately, means that Telluride Ski Resort will close for the season effective immediately.
OK, I get the "flattening the curve" of the virus transmission, but the other side of the coin is the effect on so many people's livelihood. School closings and other closings where the employees continue to get paid make some kind of sense. There was only about another month of ski season, so maybe that will have minimal economic damage, but the US Government now seems determined to shut down the American economy.
It is likely that 10 times the number of Colorado residents are lined-up everday in the state's Costcos and grocery stores versus the ski areas' lift lines. The closing of the state's ski areas makes no sense when common sense is used.
"Flattening the curve" means that about the same number of people become infected, just over a longer timeline. It seems to me that it is past time to ask the question, "Is the economic illness that will afflict many more times the number of people who contract the corona virus, by step-wise shutting down the American economy -- and the lost jobs, lost homes, lost marriages, suicides -- worse than the effects of the viral disease?
OK, I get the "flattening the curve" of the virus transmission, but the other side of the coin is the effect on so many people's livelihood. School closings and other closings where the employees continue to get paid make some kind of sense. There was only about another month of ski season, so maybe that will have minimal economic damage, but the US Government now seems determined to shut down the American economy.
It is likely that 10 times the number of Colorado residents are lined-up everday in the state's Costcos and grocery stores versus the ski areas' lift lines. The closing of the state's ski areas makes no sense when common sense is used.
"Flattening the curve" means that about the same number of people become infected, just over a longer timeline. It seems to me that it is past time to ask the question, "Is the economic illness that will afflict many more times the number of people who contract the corona virus, by step-wise shutting down the American economy -- and the lost jobs, lost homes, lost marriages, suicides -- worse than the effects of the viral disease?
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