

In July, Governor Newsom declared that California schools, covering 90% of the students in the State, will be closed and could stay closed for a year—till the summer of 2021.
A couple of weeks ago, about 2,000 people protested in my hometown of Simi Valley. They were upset with racial inequality, wanting “social” justice and to defund the police. They marched shoulder to shoulder, many without masks, about a mile and a half from a shopping center to City Hall. Among the protesters were numerous local ministers. This gave me pause…I knew them.
We are being told we cannot end social distancing, shuttering businesses, and re-creating jobs until we have “full” testing. Others like Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, bioethicist and nonresident senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, say we cannot end sheltering-in-place, social distancing, and shuttering businesses till we have a vaccine. It should be noted that a vaccine is a year off, at best.
We are being told we cannot end social distancing, shuttering businesses, and re-creating jobs until we have “full” testing. Others like Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, bioethicist and nonresident senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, say we cannot end sheltering-in-place, social distancing, and shuttering businesses till we have a vaccine. It should be noted that a vaccine is a year off, at best.
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