I have mixed emotions about this. Dr. Fauci is widely recognized as one of the world's leading experts on infectious diseases and has the time and degrees to back it up. I listen to my doctor when I am sick because that is what he trained for. Dr. Fauci trained for this kind of outbreak so I feel like I should listen to him.

In modern history we have never dealt with something like this on this scale. Mistakes will be made, unfortunately. But I feel like we did the right thing. Some governors went too far, Whitmer. Some governors proved they should not be in office, Kemp. Our governor happens to be a medical doctor, so I trust his actions.

I have always believed that I have certain inalienable rights, like most on this site. I also believe that once my actions infringe on anothers rights then we have an issue. Your right to go out in public does not supercede the rights of people to maintain their health when faced with a pandemic. That should always be our first reaction in this scenario. We could still exercise, go grocery shopping, go for a drive, order take out, go to the hardware store. Like I mentioned earlier Whitmer went too far. But for the most part we had a lot of freedoms in the face of a pandemic.The elderly in our society deserve our protection even if we have to make temporarily sacrifices. We owe it to them. If it is the second amendment you are worried about. If you weren't armed to the teeth before the pandemic than that is your mistake.

@FOTD13, Dr Fauci has access to the same papers we all have. He knows the R-nought value of 5.7 in 2.5 days, which tells me, and should tell him, that the entire globe was exposed to the virus long before the West was even aware of its existence in China. And that means social distancing was an attempt to prevent exposure that had already happened.

Furthermore, 99% of those the virus kills are smokers and people of any age with serious pre-existing conditions. Its possible that the remaining 1% also have pre-existing conditions that are undiagnosed. So with a case base that could be 2000 times greater than reported right now, that makes the virus 2000 times less dangerous - far less than the common flu. SARS-COV2, which causes COVID-19, is less dangerous to those of us who are normal than driving. Dr Fauci should know this.

Some doctors think no disease should be acceptable. And as medical doctors, they may be ignorant of the consequences of political decisions. Does COVID-19 kill people? Yes. The same people who doctors like Dr Fauci should expect to be taken out by the flu and pneumonia, etc, because of other infirmities, every year. 2,046,549 people died last year of all causes except suicide. 65,000 are now listed as dying of COVID-19, almost all of whom could have been listed as dying of their pre-existing conditions. Dr Fauci knows this. Still trust him now?