The MYTH That New Hampshire Cannot Lift the Lockdown Because of Massachusetts

Here is his Majesty, Chris Sununu, First of His Name, Lord of NeverTrump and the RINOs, and Protector of the Realm in his fave local paper SeacoastOnline:

“People in Massachusetts are crawling out of their skin, they want anything, any reason to get in their car and get out of that state because the epidemic is just so bad there,” Sununu said. “If you give them any reason to come, they’re going to come. So, the best thing we can do is to remain vigilant on keeping things closed.”

His Majesty’s statement is so stupid that it is hard to know where to begin. But let’s try.

Your Majesty, we are not all going to spontaneously get Coronavirus simply because some people from Massachusetts who may have Coronavirus may come into New Hampshire. Coronavirus spreads from prolonged contact in confined spaces … such as in a nursing home or the MBTA.

That means, your Majesty, that we won’t get Coronavirus simply because we happen to be in the same retail store … or even in the same restaurant or even in the same bar … at the same time as someone with Coronavirus.

What’s that, Your Majesty? The hordes from Massachusetts will be so thick that it will be impossible to maintain proper “social distancing”?

Sorry to have to burst your Coronavirus-bubble again, your Majesty, but there is no science supporting the six-foot-Coronavirus-safe-zone. There is no science that says you are safer seven-feet away from someone with Coronavirus than you are five-feet away, or eight-feet than four-feet or nine-feet than three-feet. The six-feet of social distancing is completely arbitrary. Incidentally, did you know, your Majesty, that in Europe the Coronavirus-safe-zone was five-feet, not six-feet?

And I do have to ask, your Majesty, why the Coronavirus-spreading hordes from Massachusetts are welcome in our State Liquor Stores if they pose such an existential threat to our safety?

And another thing, your Majesty. We see more and more evidence every day that Coronavirus is no more lethal than the seasonal flu. For example:

Massachusetts … relative to New Hampshire … is also a “hot spot” for the seasonal flu. Yet we don’t lockdown the State every flu season, or maintain strict social distancing.

It is even more irrational, your Majesty, to keep beaches, trails, and golf courses closed to “protect” us from the Coronavirus-spreading hordes from Massachusetts. There is no scientific evidence … NONE whatsoever … that Coronavirus spreads outdoors.

Oh … and sorry to have to bring it up again, your Majesty … but explain to me again how it is safe to be in the same New Hampshire Liquor Store as the Coronavirus-spreading hordes from Massachusetts, but our very lives are at risk if we are hundreds of feet away on a golf course?

What’s that, your Majesty? No time to explain now because you’re on your way to do another MSNBC show? Pretty much what I expected you would say.