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Perhaps but doesn't carbon monoxide in what ever amount work it's way up to the OZONE/atmosphere?I had read where motor vehicles produce half the of the carbon monoxide and nitrogen something or other dispenced into it.So nipping it in the bud would be important everywhere.Take care of the trees,have 4 of them around my house and the arborist said they are in fine shape 😎 .We've lived peacably together for over 20 yrs together.

Sure. There are certain pollutants for which the harm can't be localized. 

So you try to implement policies that make sense for the sort of harm that you're trying to prevent without creating an undue burden elsewhere.

The issue of air quality in urban/suburban areas [smog, particulates, and the like] is concentrated enough that if, say, 5% of the automobiles are poorly maintained and polluting it would create such terrible air quality that it is not an undue burden to test those cars. But if 5% of the automobiles in Wyoming are poorly maintained and polluting there's not enough of them nor enough population density to matter.

If we do back of the envelope math and assume 1 car per person (not accurate, of course), 5% of the cars in the Los Angeles metropolitan area would be greater than the entire number of cars in Wyoming, and packed into a MUCH more limited geographic space. 

For diffuse pollutants such as CO, perhaps, it makes more sense to tackle that through national standards on how much new automobiles can pollute. You're still controlling it, and it's still a burden, but it may not require a national infrastructure to religiously test all automobiles. And you know that since the various urban/suburban areas (which already ~80% of the population) are getting regular tests because of their local air quality standards, you're essentially catching most of the existing cars on the road anyway so you've solved most of the problem. You're allowing the local solution for air quality standards to solve the bulk of the problem without unduly burdening the rural areas.

The models predict Sweden will overwhelm their hospital capacity in about a month.

I think the Swedes are distancing more than the model is allowing.

I’ve worn a mask out a couple times. I find them to be a huge pain in the ass.  I’m constantly readjusting it.  My hands are around my face much more when I wear a mask than when I don’t.

If you have a landline phone, you are paying a tax that was created as an emergency measure to pay for the Spanish-American War.

We haven't had one since about 2005. I got rid of my office phone about 3-4 years ago too. Nobody ever called on that line.

People always used my cell anyway, as I've had the same cell phone number since 1996.

That number's area code is 847. Random factoid and not a coincidence. 

You know there is no legal mandate for Americans to social distance, right?  It's advisory only.

Nobody gets arrested for being within 6 feet of someone else.

Don't come to Chicago. Not that you would anyway. The restaurants are closed and that is the only reason to visit.

Don't come to Chicago. Not that you would anyway. The restaurants are closed and that is the only reason to visit.

I don't know, I saw a Cubs game and really enjoyed that.   Of course, Cubs games are closed now, too, so...