COVID-19 Outbreak (Update: More than 2.9M cases and 132,313 deaths in US)

I think for local (car) travel, it's very hard to enforce. I think that's a legitimate concern. It's easy to say to control it, but how?

Air travel, Trains, Busses.. how do we get people on them and safely? How do we screen? Who does the screening? How are they trained?

NPR had an interview with SF's mayor (I think mayor), and she was talking about the Homeless population and the biggest issue they have is that they don't usually follow the rules. They've had a real hard time getting them to comply with guidelines and rules. Even folks who were tested, and told to stay put for a day or two until the results came back, left.

Granted, that's a population that has a high per capita mental health problems, but still. if you can't guarantee compliance, how do you enforce it or guide it?

Many folks talk a big game about doing the right thing, until they are told "no". The whole internet joke about being a "Karen", derives from people not getting the services they demand. i.e. told 'no'.

What's stopping them now? This "lockdown" we are in is just a word.... Unless Marshall law is declared and the troops are deployed... none of this is lawfully enforceable, and everything is a suggestion, guideline, or request from our leaders... I read a document that said this once.

Obviously (like I said)... things like public transportation and air travel effect those "handful of densely populated areas in each state" I was referring to... and yes... those places and those methods of travel need to be way more prudent with their choices to re-open, and what to re-open and when...

My point was there are hundreds of thousands of places around this country that do not have airports, public transit, nor have they been overwhelmed by this... with some common sense guidelines on sanitation, social distancing , and minimal essential travel requests... those places can re-open now.

We live in a Free Country... for anything to be enforceable, it first has to be lawful... that's just the way it is. At some point we have to give our people guidelines, best practices, and ask them to follow them... then trust them to do so... just like with everything else... especially in areas where this has not been an issue, and is far less likely to be.