Re: Gilpin County
"My take is this: Pick one road to be blocked and mull it through...
The elected Sheriff decides to stop people from driving on one road - entering the county and possibly bringing in something undesirable. How is that to be tended - put a full barricade across the road? What about the resident that needs access to their home 300 yards beyond the barricade and was "outside" when the barricade went up? Will they drive around or remove a non-staffed barricade?
Perhaps there's now a deputy out there to decide - yes, you're a resident and yes your driveway is 300 yards beyond the sign - go ahead? That deputy is now having person-to-person contact (handing over a driver's license with residence address listed) where they might not have had such contact. That deputy is at a higher risk and could be removed from being able to perform their job by getting sick.
So, at one barricade, there could be a deputy on staff - 24x7? How much staffing does the Sheriff have available for the roads in/out of the county? If locals have one road closed they'll quite likely "take the back way" to get home. This becomes a barricade resources and personnel staffing issue. Non-staffed barricades will need to be VERY difficult to get around - people will start walking around (calling an "inside" friend to come pick them up).
Is the road closure to only keep people out or is it a full closure - keeping people in as well? If people are to be kept in, the county must be able to provide for all life needs - how's the hospital there for at risk pregnancy's? Cancer treatments? If the county wishes to keep people in - and someone HAS to get out (an essential services worker) - will they be allowed back in? If the answer is yes, someone has to decide (deputy staffing a barricade again) if they can get in. That person could be bringing in something bad (unknowingly infected while "out").
My bottom line is that if an area wishes to lock down, it'll take a good amount of staffing (to close all of the roads), and does the area have staffing to accomplish the task 24x7.
In all, there is a balance to be worked with.
A fun mental exercise!"
The elected Sheriff decides to stop people from driving on one road - entering the county and possibly bringing in something undesirable. How is that to be tended - put a full barricade across the road? What about the resident that needs access to their home 300 yards beyond the barricade and was "outside" when the barricade went up? Will they drive around or remove a non-staffed barricade?
Perhaps there's now a deputy out there to decide - yes, you're a resident and yes your driveway is 300 yards beyond the sign - go ahead? That deputy is now having person-to-person contact (handing over a driver's license with residence address listed) where they might not have had such contact. That deputy is at a higher risk and could be removed from being able to perform their job by getting sick.
So, at one barricade, there could be a deputy on staff - 24x7? How much staffing does the Sheriff have available for the roads in/out of the county? If locals have one road closed they'll quite likely "take the back way" to get home. This becomes a barricade resources and personnel staffing issue. Non-staffed barricades will need to be VERY difficult to get around - people will start walking around (calling an "inside" friend to come pick them up).
Is the road closure to only keep people out or is it a full closure - keeping people in as well? If people are to be kept in, the county must be able to provide for all life needs - how's the hospital there for at risk pregnancy's? Cancer treatments? If the county wishes to keep people in - and someone HAS to get out (an essential services worker) - will they be allowed back in? If the answer is yes, someone has to decide (deputy staffing a barricade again) if they can get in. That person could be bringing in something bad (unknowingly infected while "out").
My bottom line is that if an area wishes to lock down, it'll take a good amount of staffing (to close all of the roads), and does the area have staffing to accomplish the task 24x7.
In all, there is a balance to be worked with.
A fun mental exercise!"
I'm reminded of something I read the other day about what happened during the Spanish Flu outbreak. Gunnison County barricaded the roads at the county line (I'm sure there were fewer roads to protect back then) and did not let any non residents enter the county for several months. They had only one death in the county (an unfortunate woman who had traveled to pick up her sister at the train station).
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