Reply To: Time to cautiously reopen schools, Shuls, & most Businesses.

If we want to be transparent about the public policy choices in “reopening” there should be an explicit statement by each jurisdiction as to how many deaths among our vulnerable populations (aka over 65, weak immune systems, etc.) they are willing to accept in order to save jobs. That metric, (acceptable deaths per 1000 jobs saved) is likely to vary among jurisdictions. For example, the Lt. Governor of Texas last week suggested that some things (e.g. getting your hair done or a confederate flag tattoo on you behind)) “are more important that saving life” . Hopefully, the lives of vulnerable groups have a higher value in other parts of the country.