Repairing the American Dream for Younger Americans Before it is Too Late
Hospitalization data signal that COVID-19 has been contracting for weeks. It is time to plan for a less tumultuous fall. In early April, I published a series of data analyses demonstrating that California had flattened and then bent the hospitalization curve. Those conclusions proved to be correct, although it took another month for the State to ...
We have time to make analytically-sound public health decisions in California. I began writing about COVID-19 out of frustration. In the early days of the pandemic, the reporting often placed panic-inducing headlines on inaccurate or incomplete data analysis. Sadly, history may be repeating itself. Over the past two weeks, the media has been citing increasing positive ...
The State and counties should already be collaborating on a predictable and transparent transition into Stage 3 of California’s COVID-19 Resiliency Roadmap There was a hint of normalcy in the air this past holiday weekend. With many counties transitioning into Stage 2(b) of the California Resiliency Roadmap, people took advantage of open beaches, restaurants, and retail ...
The Governor must deliver on his repeated, and so far empty, promises to increase local control over public health. In the iconic Peanuts comic strip, one of the recurring plot lines revolved around Charlie Brown repeatedly attempting to kick a football held by Lucy van Pelt, only to have her yank the football away at the ...
The START Guide for re-opening San Luis Obispo County could accelerate Santa Barbara County's transition into the next phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. In California, the curtain is coming down on the statewide stay at home order issued in response to COVID-19. Counties are charting their own course. Businesses are re-opening. Law enforcement is showing little ...
Having failed to plan for the success of the stay at home order, California must now plan for the poverty pandemic and other crises that will soon follow. History will not be kind to government at any level for its inaction in the face of COVID-19 during February 2020. Sadly, we have squandered our time in ...
The statewide stay at home order has more than served its intended purpose. We now have more than two weeks of official data to assess the effectiveness of the extraordinary statewide stay at home order issued by Governor Newsom. The express purpose of the order was to flatten the daily hospital admission curve at a point ...
County officials need to take the lead on addressing the Governor’s six indicators and transitioning out of the COVID-19 statewide stay at home order. On Tuesday, Governor Newsom released a planning framework for gradually replacing the statewide stay at home order with less disruptive public health measures. He acknowledged that the collateral costs of the stay ...
Today, civic engagement is at record lows. Partisanship and polarization are leading us down the primrose path to a less prosperous, secure, and civil country. It is time for Generation X+ to trade apathy for action and force our elected leaders to debate and solve the biggest problems facing the country and casting an increasingly long shadow over our children's future.
2040Matters.com identifies and advocates for solutions to the most significant challenges facing Generation X+ over the next 25 years – challenges undermining our security, prosperity, quality of life, and commitments to our children. You can help us make a difference. Start today by adding your voice to those calling for the government to repair the American Dream for younger Americans before it is too late.
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