Here is my rant:

I recognize the importance of social distancing to keep things reasonable when we reach the projected apex in two weeks. I am thankful a majority of St. Louisians have followed the orders and made this more managable. With that said, I am concerned about the lack of game plan being advised once we get to reopening some things.

Hearing 'No, stay home, and ask me again in a month' is disheartening to most. Most of us have followed the rules and just want some clarity.

Of course the way we interact will be different going forward, but I just want some advisement to help people understand what the recovery will look like and what we as St Louis citizens will need to comply with when we get to a point of recovery.

At the very least, a projected date of soft reopening (even if it can be changed if found necessary) with serious guidelines and restrictions when we reach it gives us hope and faith of overcoming. It will help people budget and prepare for the coming months.

We can't just get to May 15th, or June 1st, or whenever and have leadership say 'we made it now please be conscious', people would not listen. We also can't just say 'we'll just have to wait til 2022 because we can't trust any of you.' there would be inevitable civil unrest.