Coronavirus: Are State's Reactions Political?

From Business Insider: Are we preventing
disease or advancing a political agenda?

Looking at the data I posted here you can see that one might conclude that, say, Pennsylvania, shutting down "non-essential" businesses could be doing so in an effort to block Trump's reelection.  After all, PA was only 20,000 votes away from a Hillary victory.

There is no earthly reason to shut down "non-essential" businesses.

Yet making people suffer though job loss, loss of business, and so on will work toward making them believe, I suppose, it's all Trump's fault.  And, of course, they will need more government "help."  And, oh look, that pesky stock market advance is down the toilet.  And my my, now we'll need more food stamps. 

People will vote to save their own asses in time of crisis...

The numbers (see link above when I say "numbers") related to the coronavirus are unbelievably small and will continue to be so so long as people act calmly and rationally and use common sense. (See also: Death by Hand Sanitizer)

Does it make sense to close the hair salon while people are arm wrestling for the last roll of toilet paper at Walmart?

You are seeing government panic (and stupidity of course).

Panic that they, the government, might be tar and feathered if too many people die of the "pandemic" on their watch.

Look at the picture.  Isn't this the opposite of "stay home and chill" and "common sense" in a viral emergency?

By inciting panic with unjustified "estimated" death tolls in the millions all we are doing is generating more close contact within the public, not less.

Is there cause for concern? 

Of course, but turning this into Walmart arm wrestling for toilet paper is shear madness.

"Nancy Messonnier, director of CDC’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases said the reaction to the virus could be  “severe.” (from link above)

I'll say, but not by a virus, but by losing your job, your home, your state and countries economic future due to government incompitence.

By far the reaction of the states is close school and don't hang out in large groups.

The numbers show this.

The rest is simply political and personal panic...