Don't overrun counties that reopen

By now, everyone in the state knows that there are a few counties that are being allowed to open their economies before others. Theses counties are even being allowed to open restaurant dining rooms—albeit to reduced seating.

The handful of counties being allowed to open have populations of under 75,000 and none have had any new cases of COVID-19 in at least three weeks. In other words, they are “low risk.”

Let’s keep it that way.

Most of the counties opening up are on the east side of the state. People here have argued that there is a big difference between Seattle in western Washington and t...