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I'm sick of this response. These social media companies individually can reach billions of people with the ability (proven) to sway their thoughts and emotions (see Facebook, WHO, Reddit). Free speech must apply to public forums like this

I’d love to hear your argument for doing anything other than opening up back to normal (not the new normal) while the elderly and at risk continue staying at home (in addition to anyone that feels more comfortable staying home).

“I can't fathom how private companies still think that they can make the CCP happy AND their western customers”

It’s easy. The amount of profits that can be made from China’s 800M and growing middle class is worth the hit of westerners forming a negative opinion. Westerners will forget over time just like everything else.

No where in the article are any mention of the methods or statistics used by PUBLIC officials to make this decision. No mention about California’s or LA County’s current infections (68,000) and or deaths (3,000).

Relative to the stats, this is a tyrannical power grab by the public officials of a state with the population of more than 40,000,000.

Newsom is playing a win/win. Close it down and go deeper in the red and force the federal government to pay out.

1) Federal govt pays, he wins 2) Federal govt doesn’t pay, he blames the chaos on the federal govt. He wins

This guy needs to be removed from office for gambling with peoples lives

You’re incorrect. Figures were doubling in the first few weeks because testing was ramping up. More testing = more infected. And this may be a shock to you but the virus didn’t come to NY or the state in March or Feb. It’s been around since December if not earlier. Govt officials believed those projections and prepped the Javits center and brought in that Navy hospital. Cuomo begged for ventilators that he already had and forced elderly back into their assisted care homes.

What’s happening here has nothing to do with health or safety.