Here's the deal. Both the acting mayor of Anchorage and the Governor have basically said "please be good." That's not a solution.

Last night I drove some recyclables and saw restaurants and bars packed and non-essential businesses packed. Now is the time for lockdown 1/ https://twitter.com/annezinkmd/status/1325341070352240640
Without much fanfare, we have announced that our contact tracing is completely broken. These cases are going to skyrocket, and the grim death toll is coming for a state that cannot afford to lose anybody. The reason we aren't locked down is misguided economic fear. Here's why: 2/
If we lockdown now, even for three weeks, cases would plummet to more manageable levels.

If we don't, hospitals will be overrun, and we will have no choice but to lockdown DURING THE HOLIDAY SHOPPING SEASON. No black Friday, no Small Business Saturday, and no holiday season 3/
And worse still, this will happen because we cannot even have a statewide mask mandate. Its so transparently obvious that we need one and we need uniform messaging and don't have it. So the inescapable lockdown comes too late to save lives or businesses. 4/4
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