Georgia’s Governor Brian Kemp re-opened his state on April 24th despite fierce criticism from many politicians.
A rare Sunday post. The following is satire from Sundance over at CTH. As with all satire there are grains of truth scattered about. Enjoy!
The Ministry of Covid Compliance is reminding us this week how the virus has a genetic targeting mechanism able to differentiate between essential cans of vegetables, bottles of liquor, lottery tickets and non-essential products like sneakers and paint. Thus the Ministry is able to help us better understand the lock-down policy.
We’ve been piling into crowded supermarkets for seven weeks buying food, and we are allowed to purchase liquor and lottery tickets. Those purchases are deemed safe by the state; however, it is critical for viral control that we not purchase sneakers or other hazardous items which pose a greater threat of proximity transmission. ...
About ten days ago, PDJT signed an executive order which temporarily halted immigration into the United States. This was done as an additional control for COVID-19 infection as well as protecting American jobs during this unprecedented crisis.
As expected, the left went into a frenzy over this. However, most Americans agreed with the President that we need to protect jobs for Americans.
AG Barr has taken an interest in the possibility that states may be violating their citizens’ rights with Stay-At-Home orders. And it is more than just a passing interest. On Monday Barr ordered federal prosecutors across the U.S. to identify coronavirus-related restrictions from state and local governments that may exceed constitutional bounds. Interestingly enough, along with the head of the Civil Rights Division, he assigned the US Attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan to coordinate these efforts. Governor Whitmer of Michigan has been one of the most dictatorial ones in restricting her citizens’ rights of speech and association. Was Barr sending a message?
It is being reported on multiple news outlets that the State of NY Health Department MANDATED that nursing homes accept COVID-19 patients who were “medically stable.” See here, here and here.
In part, the directive reads,
“No resident shall be denied re-admission or admission to the NH solely based on a confirmed or suspected diagnosis of COVID-19. NHs are prohibited from requiring a hospitalized resident who is determined medically stable to be tested for COVID-19 prior to admission or readmission.”
This video is posted without comment. The original was on Facebook here. However, it has been removed. The woman has a Facebook account and appears to be a nurse practitioner as she says.
Governor “Blackface” Northam’s original lockdown order is scheduled to run through June 10th. Virginians hoping for a quick restart of normal life received a shock last week. In what is clearly an attempt to destroy the economy so that PDJT will not be re-elected, Norman Oliver, Virginia’s top health official, said the state would most likely be in lockdown for the next two years.
Back in Early March PDJT went on the Sean Hannity show. PDJT said that he had a hunch that the fatality rate for the Wuhan virus would turn out to be much lower than what WHO was quoting at the time (3 to 4 percent). The President said he thought it would turn out to be below one percent.
The President’s hunch is turning out to prescient. Recent antibody surveys conducted in multiple locations around the country show that the number of people infected are many orders of magnitude higher than the confirmed case numbers.
Is the woman completely tone deaf? Tens of millions of Americans are out of work and struggling to get by. Some people are wondering where they will get food to put on the table. Pelosi blocks relief for small businesses and then Pelosi is keeping her spirits up by letting everyone know just how not affected by the shutdowns she is?
As I write this, I am not confident enough to say in any real way whether the economic shutdown that we are currently experiencing was necessary or not. There are non-hysterical arguments to be made on both sides of the question.
One of the things that seems clear to me is that the CDC and the FDA were not prepared for this pandemic. This is despite the fact that America spends enormous amounts of money on these bureaucracies. Is it way past time to take a close look at how these agencies spend our tax dollars?