Defining success is the way forward... Ask clarifying questions.

?? The Pandemic will be over when... (insert success criteria here)

??? The State of Emergency IN VA will be lifted when?(insert success criteria here)

???? The "emergency powers" granted to the supreme chancellor to restrict livelihoods, define essential business, tell us all how to best do what is for the greater good will be restored to the people when...
(enquiring minds want to know)  the decision teams know the answers, and they don't want to disclose their criteria for fear of being wrong, as they have been, again, and again, and again... Having the power to control makes everything easier, but it is NOT liberty, and it is barely legal.. if at all...  

What will life for a citizen of the United States, of Virginia, look like when the success criteria are met? the new normal...  THAT IS THE REAL QUESTION that leaders are avoiding like the plague.. literally.  
If the answer is back to normal, then they would already be answering... Instead.. they are ducking and delaying... because their motives have morphed from safety for the greater good, to opportunity to control and "profit" from the crisis...  Spreading fear is good for the business of government and it perpetuates dependency and disintermediates churches, family structures, and all of those freedom loving groups... 
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WHEN WILL THINGS BE BACK TO NORMAL...? If the answer is when it is safe, then the real answer is never.. because living is not safe. It is living(right to choose risk, and act accordingly), and the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness is granted to the individual...not to be restricted by the government, as designated and protected by the Constitution of the United States of America. ​

I sincerely hope that I am wrong.  If I am wrong, I will take a full mea culpa lap.   I do not believe I am wrong.  The outcomes now are mired in a toxic brew of incompetence and malevolent intent... and we the people are losing over and over at every step.  THAT is a system problem.. but it is rooted in principals, not principles...  

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