Chip Bok's Bokbluster

It’s time for re-opening… something. While some governors and President Trump are desperate to re-open the economy, many Democrats think otherwise.

We flattened the curve to give hospitals breathing room and delay the virus. But not to stop it.

So far so good. New York City got enough ventilators and made it over the hump. As for the economy – it’s been a bloodletting and it’s on life support. But polls show plenty of people want to keep it that way.

Rich Lowry says they’ve “moved the goal posts.”

Now, the rhetoric around the shutdowns has shifted, and not very subtly — flattening the curve and saving the hospitals are “out,” and not allowing any additional cases to emerge is “in.”