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“We,” the people of the state of Washington and, indeed, everyone in the United States, are approaching the anniversary of the diagnosis of the first coronavirus case in the U.S. Last Feb. 29 Gov. Jay Inslee, like governors across the country, first issued a state of emergency. On March 25 he told us to stay home to stay healthy and restricted people’s movements and economic activity in an effort to slow the spread of the virus and maintain the community public health necessary for reopening the economy.

The governor’s orders have slowed the spread of an otherwise runaway pandemic....