We need to move decisively to both reopen the economy and protect public health.
Prudent leadership can do both. We need an effective vaccine to combat the virus. But let's make certain that in the meantime, we don't compound the challenge with an economic catastrophe. Let's plan to get Californians back working, take precautions like wearing masks and be careful with handwashing – then gradually open businesses as we carefully monitor the effects on public health and our most vulnerable.
Some mainstream media seem to take great pleasure in mocking the protesters we see take to the streets in some areas over these last several days, making them out to be ideologues who are embracing a disease they know little about. I don't see that at all. I see working and struggling Americans who need to get back to work and know that a two-thousand-dollar-a-month check from the government isn't sustainable.
Nobody has to tell me how tough this disease is. I know that firsthand. But we can't lose our way to decisions driven by political ideologies, instead of sound and prudent policies that balance our economic and health interests. John Cox is a businessman who was the GOP nominee for governor of California in 2018. He has stayed active in trying to make California more affordable and livable, founding a program called Change California .SOLVANG, CA - APRIL 19: A small clothing shop in the now closed historic downtown features a"closed until further notice by order of the Governor of California" sign in its window on April 19, 2020 in Solvang, California.
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