A heads up on what's going on in Michigan.

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3. That's the sensible alternative

Unfortunately, too many people are caught in a trap: If their state ends the lockdown, their employer is back into business as usual. If a worker doesn't go in, the state will call that quitting or refusing to work, and the worker isn't eligible for unemployment benefits. Mitch McConnell and his Republican pals in the Senate are busy right now trying to keep employers immune from lawsuits if they force their workers back on the job and they get real sick or die or something.

Employers are similarly caught: If they don't open back up when the state says it's okay, they will lose their eligibility for relief.

I don't know what the answer is (besides not electing Republicans to run things anymore), but maybe if a huge majority of businesses and workers opt out, states will have to ignore the yammering minority and just stay on lockdown.