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Despite its panache, this is not an accurate summary of Executive Order 107. https://www.nj.com/ocean/2020/04/no-means-no-during-coronavirus-crisis-nj-sheriff-posts-signs-to-get-peoples-attention.html So we’re now in a situation in which local l…

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Painful and terrible, but brilliant reporting on twelve hours with an EMS team in Paterson, NJ: I can’t help thinking of the contrast between this story and the allusion to Paterson I made in the post on the “calm before the storm”: …

One problem we’re now starting to see is that individual law enforcement agencies are coming up with their own “Power Point” versions of Executive Order 107, far more draconian than the order itself. https://www.nj.com/ocean/2020/04/…

In reply to Roderick T. Long. That’s a very poorly written sentence on their part. I interpreted it as meaning that those who have to travel pursuant to paragraph 2 should use public transit only if they lacked any other mode of transportation su…

I’m puzzled about this line: “Individuals who have to travel pursuant to Paragraph 2 should only use public transportation only if they have no other feasible choice.” Why wouldn’t they rather you travel in the isolation of you…