I keep hearing these portentous (BONUS word of the day!) radio news people proclaiming AMERICA ON LOCKDOWN!, and I have to question their responsibility in doing so. It’s not accurate – public officials have been excellent at communicating that we are NOT on lockdown; travel is discouraged and non-essentials are not to go to work (at least around here).
But officials have been at pains to convey that we are NOT on lockdown, there ARE no travel restrictions, there ARE no curfews. In the face of that, I consider it irresponsible of the news media to use inaccurate terms which unnecessarily increase public anxiety.
Note that these are the syndicated/national news people, so it’s clearly NOT accurately as reported on a national basis. And they fail to give local examples where that is the case.