Originally Posted by
GogglesPisano
1) The POTUS can only recommend a national shutdown. In reality only NY, NJ, MA, CA and maybe MI would comply.
That's enough to cause us a lot of problems.
And honestly, so long as there's a threat that a place one wants to travel to being locked down a month from the time one is buying the ticket one is likely to be hesitant to commit to travel plans. Those states close and people will be worried that other states will follow.