Governor Little, it is time to get tough.

Confirmed COVID-19 virus cases are now growing exponentially in Idaho with confirmed community spread in our state's most populous county. We need Idaho Governor Little to issue and enforce a mandatory statewide social distancing order to slow the spread of COVID-19 in Idaho, joining the growing list of 21 other states with similar measures. If swift and decisive action is not taken now, Governor Little is increasing the risk that our great Idaho hospitals become overrun, that more healthcare workers get sick, that more Idahoans end up with a severe illness, and that more Idahoans end up dead.

We, Idaho's healthcare workers, nurses, physicians, first responders, veterans, senior citizens, vulnerable, truck drivers, lawyers, service industry, farmers, loggers, business owners, workers, students, and other concerned citizens are demanding Governor Little to lockdown Idaho now.

Give Idaho a fighting chance! We only have one shot at this!

As Idaho cases dramatically increase and our testing ramps up, thousands of Idahoans are still not practicing social distancing and are not taking the measure seriously enough. Now that schools have closed and as the weather gets warmer, too many people are still gathering in 10+ groups at parks, meeting friends at the bar, hiking on crowded paths, partying at Salmon River beaches, escaping to our mountain towns, congregating in neighborhoods, hanging out with groups of friends at home, and unnecessarily traveling to other Idaho communities- all ignoring your polite suggestions for everyone to do their part to flatten the curve. It is not working.

The virus does not care about social distancing talk, local restrictions, city limits, or county lines... if the virus's host does not either.

Governor Little, we need tougher measures enforced now! Every hour that people are out transmitting the virus adds weeks to how long this will last – and exponentially more carnage. Statewide Idaho only has roughly 155-244 ICU beds available, only 404 ventilators, and extremely limited amount of protective equipment for our healthcare workers. Guess what happens if more rural hospitals are forced to suspend operations, like in Ketchum, Idaho? Guess what happens to Idahoans that need an ICU bed and don't get one? These people are us!

Please protect us. Please prevent more of our friends and family from dying. Prevent more health care workers from getting sick. Prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed. Please prevent doctors from choosing who gets a ventilator. Please save our Ida-home.





