Riots are going to be the end of lockdowns

Federal, state, and local officials urged the public for months to stay indoors to slow the spread of the coronavirus. But now that densely packed mobs have plunged major cities into mayhem, it’s going to be much harder to enforce lockdowns or social distancing. Initially, political leaders said shutdowns were temporary expedients to ensure that infections were spread out over a longer period of time so that when there was a peak, the case count was low enough that it wouldn't overwhelm hospitals and trigger a collapse of the medical system. Once that goal was achieved, however, leaders remained illogically reluctant to reopen the economy and transitioned from talking about hospital capacity to a supposed need to stay shut down until people felt safe.-- More...