Keeping thousands from gathering at stadiums, theaters, schools, churches and community events is America’s way of avoiding becoming the next Italy. But battling COVID-19 this way has seen Major League Soccer suspend play for initially 30 days and then extend that postponement until May 10, with the admission that play could yet be further postponed.
I tried debating this social distancing policy with the few policymakers who’d listen to me, at least for a few seconds. After all, in the 2009 H1N1 swine flu epidemic, we didn’t do all this, did we? My debaters mostly included a very involved, very patient Houston business executive.