I can't go through 198 pages and read about this stuff, so I hope this hasn't been talked to death. I have been following this obsessively and my area is on the verge of exploding.
In my neck of the woods people are really pushing the "openupPA" narrative. I live in county with a lot of blue collar workers, and we are now bursting at the seams with truly desperate people that are out of a job and are now (or soon will be) in terrible financial positions.
According to the CDC, PA is in the absolute peak of infections at the moment, and we should start to see a decline very soon. Experts are continuously cautioning that if we open right now, at peak infection levels, it would be disastrous.
In my area, there has long been a struggle between science and tradition. I live in an area with a very large proportion of Mennonite/Amish/Fundamentalist Christians, so there has always been tension. They feel like scientists, "bean counters", and other "intellectuals" have taken away coal, steel, manufacturing, god in schools, etc. etc. etc.
My county has a fairly large number of college educated people that travel to Philly or the suburbs of Philly for white collar jobs, too. Most of this group still have their jobs, were in a better financial position to start with anyway, and tend to trust "experts".
The combination of these two groups is like a powder keg ready to go off at any moment. It's really scary around here.
