Here’s my take... We have Constitutional rights. Declaring Marshal Law, which essentially is what these Governors are doing, they’re denying people their Constitutional rights... and for what? 256 people have died so far. 49 yesterday. Double than that number die each and every day (on average) in automobile accidents. We haven’t shut down the country, nor have we even shut down a single highway.
We’ve had pandemics before. We’ve had worse contagious diseases. None of these past diseases have ever caused a complete shutdown of the economy.
Granted, we had very limited and in some cases erroneous information about the virus coming from China. But the mainstream media has, IMO, over-hyped this disease. Yes, it is quite serious for the elderly and anyone with a weakened immune system, but recent statistics show this is a mild flu for 80% of those who contract it. Children are the least affected. The actual mortality rate may end up closer to .03% than the original 3.4% predicted. Is it possible we over-reacted? I say yes.
Some will argue that over-reacting is better than under-reacting. Is causing the collapse of the economy, with thousands of people losing their jobs OK?... What about Kansas, where there has been just one death, or Oklahoma with 2? Is shutting down large cities the right thing to do? The Governor of Oklahoma has not done what the governors of California, NY, and Illinois have done, but city mayors are ordering businesses closed and people to shelter in place. Mayors over-riding your Constitutional rights. How is this legal? I think we’re going to find out that, just is we did during WWII when we put Japanese Americans in internment camps, that the actions be undertaken a illegal. I also think they are unnecessary.