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The virus is not wealth sensitive.

The wealthy do have an ability to leave infected areas and spread the virus far and wide across the nation and the world as they travel.

There is nothing political about that. That is just simple fact.

In a sense it is wealth sensitive. Those with lots of disposable income tend to travel more, particuarily to ski areas and if you notice three of the counties mentioned are home to ski areas. These same people are out among lots of other folks socalizing, then they eat out in crowded restaurants and spread the virus into the general population. IMO the counties are being smart in shutting down travel although it is a bit like closing the barn door after the horse is out.
We have one confirmed case in our county, I know the person and thank God I have not had any interaction with him, but a week or so before he came down with it he had been in Sun Valley sking. Now we are seeing folks from Sun Valley starting to come in our area to get away from Blaine county and the epidemic out there it will only be a matter of time before it starts hitting here.

drover

The wealthy move around more than the poor and that's a FACT.

If it wasn't for wealthy skiers and those with expensive 2d homes in the Sun Valley area, the virus likely wouldn't have reached Blaine county yet. The nearest town of any size is Twin Falls, about 80 miles away. I say 'wealthy' skiers because us average skiers can't afford Sun Valley. We go to much cheaper hills.

Got a call from a buddy who is in rental management business and all the vacation rentals are booked and instead of usual vacation goers that book a week at a time they are booking for months at a time.
Our vacation rental season doesn't start for at least two months.
Local paper also had an article, rich people fleeing the cities.
They will be at Cosco stocking up, 14 day quarantine is for the deplorables

Problem is people are still traveling.

One problem with Blaine county is that it's so expensive to live there that most of the working people live 50 to 80 miles away in Shoshone or the Twin Falls area. They have to commute every day. That can spread the bug. However, so far it hasn't happened. Shoshone is a very small town and has had only 1 case. Twin Falls county is about 85k and has only 2 known cases so far.

We have a bunch of folks from Washington state driving over here to N Idaho and some driving thru to western Montana. They should be staying home because they're causing issues by not staying put.

Well Sheit!

Maybe a daily cross burning at either end of Glacier's runway will keep'm on the plane.
Add a few zombies slumming around the waiting area for second tier effect and if that fails light up the parking area with tracers.
..its for the children.

You need help dropping some trees over I90 west of you?
I'll bring the chain saw!

I live in rural upstate NY. A lot of NYC residents own hunting camps and vacation homes in this area. They're all here now and so is the virus. Yippy, we're so glad to have these rich NYC ass holes here.

Highway US 2, also!

That is just not true. In a foreign country the entire plane will be filled with poor people. It is common for labor to commute for months at a time. The same is true for the USA. I take you haven’t been to an airport recently?

Say it ain’t so must be an error. Everything is perfect in Idaho. No darkies, no crime, etc

I've only flown once in my life and that was back in the early 90's. Haven't been to an airport since. I'm poor and poor people can't afford to fly dipshyt. We also can't afford second homes or hunting camps or vacations in far away places.

The case could be made that wealthy people are more healthy. They have the income for medical treatment and all the vaccines. The same argument could be made for their maid from Guatemala. She might have a stronger immune system because of conditions she was raised in. If we followed your logic we would ban the residents from their own homes.

I am not following your line of thinking, particuarily the part about "we would ban the residents from their own homes".

My position is they should follow the recommendations made by the CDC - self isolate at home. Self isolating at home means that you will have less of a chance to contact someone who has, but importantly it also means that if you have been in contact with someone who is a carrier you will not be out spreading it around. Doing this is not rocket science - leaving a county that has a high rate of infection and going to a county that has a low, or no rate, is irresponsible at best.

https://www.domo.com/coronavirus-tracking

drover

This is true..

NEW MEADOWS, Idaho — The Adams County Sheriff's Office is asking for help from the public in finding an attempted murder suspect. The information will help lead to the arrest of William "Bill" Pearle James, who attempted to murder two sheriff's deputies on March 29, according to a press release.

What the heck is your definition of poor? I have never considered myself poor. But at $60K/year, I sure as hell am not buying airline tickets. Nor buying passes for ski lifts.

A 1 day lift ticket at Sun Valley was as high as $99 this winter depending on the date.