If you accept the absence of a competent federal response (til January at the earliest) as an immutable fact—not “accept” as in “deem tolerable,” but in the DBT “radical acceptance” sense of acknowledging an awful but unchangeable reality—the situation becomes more comprehensible https://twitter.com/AndyGlockner/status/1252636353516302336

Some apparently unchangeable facts:
(1) We can’t stay locked down until 2021.
(2) We can’t safety re-open without adequate test+trace; to do so risks huge 2nd, 3rd, etc. waves.
(3) How huge? Dunno. Voluntary & partial distancing measures will help; nobody knows how much.

(cont.)

(4) The expansions of test/trace capacity that states can do without competent federal help & coordination seem to be largely maxed out.
(5) Competent federal help will not be forthcoming from this admin. Not now, not ever.
(6) This admin will be in power at least until Jan 2021.

If you accept those 6 statements as immutable facts (and maybe you shouldn’t, but for the sake of argument, IF you do), then gradually re-opening despite being unready — and hoping partial distancing + voluntary caution are enough — although a terrible option, is the only option.

Following up on this thread, here's a slightly longer-form version of my thoughts — inspired by @sam_tabachnik's article: https://dpo.st/2VNVEPA  — re: the dilemma that Colorado's @jaredpolis, and other sensible governors, now face, as it becomes clear the "cavalry isn't coming."