> tiger repelling rock

Mitigation tactics like shelter in place, ppe, and physical distancing are working. Tiger repelling rock would make sense if there was no data supporting this thesis. https://www.marketwatch.com/story/coronavirus-cases-drop-by-...

> decide for themselves

They elect officials to represent them. That is what Alameda County is doing.

> We could even have free clean food delivered to them, at a fraction of the cost to society.

Sounds like an interesting proposal, but that is another topic altogether.

> And who's going to suffer most when he pulls his factory out of California?

I don't have any data to tell you who that would be.