Yesterday, the Kansas county that we live in issued a Stay-at-Home order effective today which limits non-essential movement for 30 days. Of course, it's pretty broad as far as what is considered "essential" business (I don't personally consider liquor stores essential, but whatever) but at least it is a start.
However, I also believe this should be done on a national level (even worldwide), not just by county. If the country was limited to only essential movement for the infectious period of the disease and incoming travelers (or at least those considered moderate or high risk of infecting others) were quarantined for the infectious period...then the sooner we could go back to business as usual aside from continuing to quarantine incoming travelers. If there is no one infectious in the public, then no one will be infected to then infect others.
I downloaded the game "Plague Inc" to play again not too long ago. The basic idea is to create a bacteria, virus, fungus, parasite, etc. that will eradicate the earth's population. It was entertaining for about a day. That's how long it took me to pass every level at normal difficulty. The basic idea is that you have to infect every single country and keep people alive long enough to infect everyone in each country...and make sure that it kills everyone before a cure is found. Throughout the game, you choose modes of transmission (birds, animals, blood, airborne, etc), symptoms (coughing, rash, vomiting, etc), and then characteristics of the plague (can survive in hot or cold climates, resistant to medication, gene re-sequencing and mutation which slow down a cure, etc). All those choices affect how and at what speed the plague progresses and eliminates humans. Yeah...it's kinda morbid when you think about it. :P
But I also find it pretty interesting. I passed each disease type before a cure was finished...usually taking less than 2 years from patient zero until no more humans remained. It really highlights how important it is to stop the spread of infection...especially when there is no cure or vaccine. And that is really what the world needs to focus on right now...isolation and quarantine. It should be common sense. And we can already see what happens when a healthcare system collapses under overwhelming rate of infection. I really think the focus should be on lives and healthcare...not the economy. The economy can recover from a recession. People cannot recover from death.
Anyway...it really isn't much different than what we've already been doing. We've been staying home except to get groceries and necessities (like when I had to grab a few things to get Johnny set up to work from home). Aubry has been going to work 2-3 times a week. Food service is considered essential (now only for carry-out, drive-thru, or delivery), so as long as the business stays open, she is still expected to be at work unless she becomes ill. The girls have been taking their dogs on short walks around the block for some fresh air, but they have to distance themselves from anyone else who happens to be out doing the same. We have used delivery and drive-thru a couple times in the past two weeks...helping out some local businesses while still trying to be responsible citizens.
I still haven't had much work available. There were two files available when I checked first thing this morning but as soon as I clicked to claim one, they were both gone. So far I haven't seen more since. But...I did finally get our census done! ;) And last night Aubry and I did her taxes (I made her learn how to do it on paper before I showed her how to do it on Turbo Tax). And since Johnny is working upstairs in our bedroom, I'm going to work on trying to get the basement cleaned out and organized. It's been a slow process. :P I've also been watching some RV/tiny home shows on Hulu and daydreaming about Johnny and I doing the same someday when we're empty nesters. ;)