HomeMy WebLinkAbout03-25-20 Public Comment - S. Mitchell - Covid-19From:Chris Mehl
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Subject:FW: Email contact from City Of Bozeman
Date:Wednesday, March 25, 2020 12:02:20 PM
Chris Mehl
Mayor, City of Bozemancmehl@bozeman.net406.581.4992________________________________________From: webadmin@bozeman.net [webadmin@bozeman.net]Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2020 11:55 AMTo: Chris MehlSubject: Email contact from City Of Bozeman
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Site Visitor Name: Stewart MitchellSite Visitor Email: 406stew1@gmail.com
Gallatin valley is now the epicenter of Covid -19 in Montana.(1) It’s time to start enacting mandatory stay at homepolicies now,(2) not in two weeks when everything gets much worse.
So far, compared to other countries the US response is the slowest and least organized.(3) The U.S. death rate isincreasing faster than any other country with 534 per day doubling every 3 days!(4) Without immediate action, theU.S. is setting itself up for catastrophic consequences. Solid scientific data on the rapid exponential rate of infectionsfrom China, Italy, Spain, Singapore, and South Korea demonstrates the sooner a country took extreme measures(5)the fewer people were infected and fewer people died.
Although state and local governments are taking some measures, they are far too little far too late. It’s time forcitizens of Gallatin county to start advocating for themselves and voluntary shelter in place. One of the mosteffective tactics in other places identified hotspots and immediately enacted lockdowns. (6) This is alreadyhappening in other parts of our country and the sooner we enact these measures in Gallatin County the fewer peoplewe know will fall sick or die. If we continue on this wait and see approach, we will all be ordered into lockdown andwe will all wish we had started sooner. Please contact Gallatin Valley Health department to voice your concerns.hs@gallatin.mt.gov.
This is an unprecedented time. All we can do now is everything possible not to spread the virus. The pandemic iscoming, and we are going to have to pay the price sooner or later. The sooner we start the less it will cost and thesooner it will be over.