Americans Didn't Wait For Their Governors To Tell Them To Stay Home Because Of COVID-19

[Roc2020]

Source: fivethirtyeight

But, at least on the front end of this crisis, Americans weren’t deciding what to do based on politics. Americans living in red states appear to have taken the crisis plenty seriously; data shows that residents there were staying home well before their governors issued stay-at-home orders.

Read more: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/americans-didnt-wait-for-their-governors-to-tell-them-to-stay-home-because-of-covid-19/

[mr_lebowski]

1. Trump and Red State government is definitely TRYING to force people back out ...

Through various means like cutting off unemployment checks for people invited back to work, who fail to report.

[Roc2020]

2. yeah that's a strategy they could use

but that strategy only gets the employees out. It does not get customers. And without customers there isn't any economy recovery.

[brewens]

3. I was laying low for about a month before Idaho shut down. That was 03/26. I made my

big Costco run on 03/02, almost two weeks before the hoards came. That was also the last haircut I got. I'm not going anywhere any time soon. I think I'll get my hair cut the day after we throw Trump out! Someone at Great Clips gets a nice tip that day!

[CaptYossarian]

6. My last haircut was July.

I'm past my college length now.

Locks of Love is really going to score big when it's safe again.

[Roc2020]

7. similar here. we locked down around 3/12

and as long as possible only plan on going out for food and don't plan on doing much else for a long time. as long as this virus is killing people I'm not going anywhere.

[jberryhill]

8. 3/8 here

[Blue_playwright]

15. We started hunkering down the first week of

We started hunkering down the first week of March. I had been stocking my pantry since I first heard of it in December- I think it was on the news on our anniversary. I hoped it wouldn’t be this bad...

[CaptYossarian]

4. I'll decide when it's safe for me to get a Goddamned haircut.

When we get to the point of lowlife scum Repugs mandating that we walk outside, it's time to leave the country.

If what's his name gets another second-place victory, that's what's coming next.

We have enough American popular votes. It's really up to Putin.

[brewens]

5. When businesses would like people to take precautions, we have nutjobs making trouble

over it. Sometimes getting violent. That's not exactly reassuring for some people that might otherwise venture out.

[2golddogs]

9. Covid Prep

I loaded up the last week in February on hand sanitizer, rubbing alcohol, and aloe gel both for my home and our office staff. My boss laughed at me at the time. I work in a medical office. 😧

[Roc2020]

11. no doubt he isn't laughing now

[2golddogs]

13. Nope

Def no laughing now, and everyone is very appreciative we have plenty of hand sanitizer in our office and in the nurses’ personal kits when they hit the road to visit patients. I still haven’t had to buy more.

[Arkansas Granny]

10. My governor can open up what he thinks best and I will take the precautions

that I think are best. It will be a while yet before I feel comfortable going out to eat or have my hair done. For the foreseeable future, I'll be carrying, masks, gloves and hand sanitizer with me at all times.

[Hestia]

12. He's not used to adults, especially when they can do their jobs without micromanagement.

We can make our own decisions. I think it was said that we aren't supposed to take him literally, so we've learned his code - after 3 1/2 years, the truth is opposite of anything he says. Which means he wants us all to die.

[redstatebluegirl]

14. March 6 for me.

[roamer65]

16. I got a nice clipper set from eBay.

A butch was way easier than I thought. I won’t be going to have my hair cut anymore.

[rickyhall]

17. Our gov (Arkansas) has said/done nothing, yet our gub'ment has closed personal contact.

But some still don't get don't it. We ventured out yesterday so my friend could deposit her stimulus check. The bank is drive through only, Walmart uses masks and social distancing but Pruetts, other grocery store, has a teenaged greeter in a mask wiping down carts and that is IT. No masks, nothing, just a few of us old people in masks & gloves. Who knows if the stockers even wash their hands? We won't be back. Morons.

[Maxheader]

18. Of course.

With the wingers, ya gotcha toilet bowl cleaner chuggers and yo

typical paranoid psychos..that dwell on nothing but mmmaaagga....