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Originally Posted by Officemanager
States are responsible and run their own Health Departments not the Feds, that is fact.
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No arguments there.
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Originally Posted by GasoLane
If I was being really cynical I'd say that the states wanted to run their own show as some had elections coming up.
Now that the elections are over they've had a change of mind?
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Nah, it is a thankless task. No one is going to send you a big congratulations for taking care of quarantine, but if anything goes wrong you will get slammed. All risk no reward.
Only thing I can think of is, there was no plan and someone had to act, and the first person to opened their mouth didn't think it through
And maybe they saw it as an opportunity to keep some jobs and businesses going.
Oh, the press requested for minutes of the first cabinet meeting under FOI. It was rejected by the Feds, based on "national security". That would have given us an idea on what was discussed and rationale for decisions.