Some of them never had them….
But with infections higher then they have every been ?
And Joe Biden coming in with a strong pledge to buckle down?
Things ARE changing….
As the United States shatters record after record on coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, more warnings have emerged from officials across the country urging residents to adjust their behavior and prepare for more possible changes on the horizon.
“This crisis demands a robust and immediate federal response, which has been woefully lacking,” said President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. in a statement Friday. “I am the president-elect, but I will not be president until next year. The crisis does not respect dates on the calendar, it is accelerating right now. Urgent action is needed today, now, by the current administration — starting with an acknowledgment of how serious the current situation is.”
In New Mexico on Friday, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced the nation’s most sweeping statewide measure of the fall season, issuing a “stay at home” order to begin Monday and last two weeks. She asked people to shelter in place except for essential trips and said nonessential businesses and nonprofits must cease in-person activities.
Gov. Kate Brown of Oregon issued orders Friday to place the state in a partial lockdown for two weeks, shuttering gyms, halting restaurant dining and mandating that social gatherings have no more than six people. Ms. Brown, along with the governors of California and Washington, also urged residents to avoid all nonessential interstate travel in the days ahead.
In Virginia, Gov. Ralph Northam tightened several restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of the virus, but stopped short of issuing a lockdown. The new guidance, which takes effect at midnight on Sunday, limits public and private gatherings to 25 people, expands the state’s mask mandate to include children as young as 5 and creates a 10 p.m. “on-site alcohol curfew,” banning both sale and consumption.
And in New York City, an early hot spot now facing a possible second wave, the mayor warned on Friday that public schoolscould close as early as Monday if the seven-day average positivity rate surpasses 3 percent. Private residential gatherings must be limited to 10 people beginning at 10 p.m.
New York’s governor, Andrew M. Cuomo, said he believed that the situation is going to “continue to deteriorate in the coming weeks,” and that he was planning an emergency meeting with his counterparts in six northeastern states.
Nearly half of all states have measures in place for visitors, but the measures themselves vary from mandatory testing to quarantine requirements. On Thursday, California surpassed one million cases, becoming the second state, after Texas, to do so.
While the virus is worsening on the coasts, it is accelerating at an even more alarming clip in the center of the country, stretching medical resources to the breaking point and prompting states, counties and cities to consider economically devastating lockdowns.
In Arkansas on Friday, Gov. Asa Hutchinson announced a new virus task force and increased funding for public education campaigns to halt the virus. The state already requires maskswhen people are in proximity to each other, and Mr. Hutchinson reiterated that people should follow public health guidance to avoid the need for drastic measures.
In Idaho, Gov. Brad Little mobilized the National Guard so that 100 troops could support health care organizations with testing, decontamination or screenings. He ordered the state to roll back to Stage 2 restrictions, which prohibit gatherings of more than 10 people.
The latest wave of cases is washing over nearly every part of the United States, unlike the spring, when it was concentrated in the New York metropolitan area….
Add Kansas and Iowa to states that had Governor’s do 180’s and push fro mask wearing due to infections soaring and Trump leaving and Biden coming….