Poor Jay Inslee. Washington’s governor has his hands full with a solid portion of the state’s population, up to one-third, wanting to get back to the business of earning a living. The job loss in the last two months has been unprecedented, record breaking, huge.

The explosive quickness of stopping the old normal, triggered by Inslee’s March 23 emergency order to stay home, sheltering in place except for food shopping essentials, has put all of us on an emotional roller coaster. With constantly climbing positive COVID-19 virus numbers: over 6,000 confirmed cases in March and another 8,...