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This will be a good chance for state governments to show how well they function and coordinate absent federal guidance.

Maybe they will form their own federation to circumvent the current federations ineffectiveness. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-09/governors...

That's at least one emergent non-California nation state coming to be. Maybe we could call it the Great States. Toronto can come too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Lakes_Megalopolis

Culturally; North Central, The North, Midland, St Louis Cooridor, Inland North, W. Pa.; make a nice package. https://www.wbez.org/stories/_/9054d7a4-f876-4c53-8ce1-08ada...

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States shouldn't need federal guidance and should prefer not to receive it. Without federal oversight, states and municipalities can tailor policy to their own area

I don't disagree, absent a well stocked National Stockpile, the Great States should build their own emergency reserve for Natural Disaster and Pandemic. Each state building its own stockpiles of some things that don't hit all areas equally could be wasteful. Keep close relationships with manufacturing firms who are prepared to be ready on short notice.

This is as much a failure of planlessness as it is policy.

Although it should be noted that many states did have adequate stockpiles and haven't had their health care systems overloaded.

Having some states do the right things and others not doing so is kind of like having a pool with a peeing section.

The same is true for nations. Any argument for forcing the states to be subordinate to the federal government is also an argument for forcing the federal government, and all other national governments, to be subordinate to a single supra-national entity.

Except that it's easier to temporarily close national borders or institute things like temperature checks or quaranting arrivals than it is state borders in the US, as far as I can tell.

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