I oppose @NC_Governor Cooper's "Phase 2" (AKA "we're half-way there, so let's quit"). But I'm not insensitive to the difficult calculus.

There's only so much states can do in the face of an incompetent and broken federal government. They can't print money or run deficits. (1/5)

"Flattening the curve" was (note past tense) all about giving the trump admin time to get off its *ss and mount an effective public health response at the only level that can; the federal level. That didn't, and won't, happen. So it's time to adjust our game plans. (2/5)

The primary responsibility for limiting this pandemic now falls on us as individuals (that fraction of us, anyway, who aren't idiots). If your circumstances permit, remain in your own personal Phase I. Stay at home. Wear a mask. Vote by mail. Home school. Most importantly...(3/5)

...change your spending habits. The past 3 months have taught us how many of our old ways were frivolous. Don't buy crap you don't need. Buy local. Slow the meatpacking lines by buying less (or no) factory meat. Stop buying needless junk at Amazon. Pick a *local* charity... (4/5)

...(e.g. a food bank) & support it. Look to yourself & your friends, not corporations, for entertainment & diversion. In short: live simply, so that others may simply live. Then pick a Democratic candidate and work for her victory. That's the real vaccine that will save us. (5/5)