Posted on 05/01/2020 11:32:37 AM PDT by CedarDave
GALLUP, N.M. —
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has authorized the lockdown of Gallup at the mayor’s request.
The governor will invoke the state’s Riot Control Act, which will authorize her to enact further temporary restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19 in that city.
The order goes into effect on Friday at 12 p.m. and will expire on Monday at noon.
The lock-down will order all roads into Gallup be closed, businesses in the city will close from 5 p.m. to 8 a.m. and vehicles can have a max of two individuals. Residents are ordered to remain in their residence except for emergency outings for essential healthy, safety and welfare.
“I recognize this request is unusual and constitutes a drastic measure, and the emergency powers set out under the Riot Control Act should be invoked sparingly,” said Mayor Louis Bonaguidi. “However, the COVID-19 outbreak in the city of Gallup is a crisis of the highest order. Immediate action is necessary.”
“The spread of this virus in McKinley County is frightful,” said Gov. Lujan Grisham, “and it shows that physical distancing has not occurred and is not occurring. The virus is running amok there. It must be stopped, and stricter measures are necessary. A problem in one part of our state, with a virus this dangerous and this contagious, is a problem for our entire state. The imperative for all of us to remain home and physically distant has not changed. It is even more crucial for New Mexicans in the northwestern region. But what is happening in the northwest could happen in any part of our state. We must remain vigilant.”
As of Thursday, McKinley County had 1,027 reported cases of COVID-19. That is more than 30% of the state's total positive cases.
Type O is supposed to be favorable in fighting the Virus.
Cause NYC didn’t have the balls. Really once you’re getting below 1 in 100 that’s bad, that probably needs a little extra oomph.
if it is an area with lots of Indians, I think Indians as a group have higher diabetes rates.
the one lesson I am learning in this covid chaos is to get my self in better shape....spouse too.....I have diabetes and I do not want to go on insulin....
Be interesting to know but I’m guessing high rates of diabetes, heart disease, COPD, etc.
“So why the martial law in Gallup?”
Because Gallup has a population of morons.
I’ve driven through it 1000 times in my life, and stopped only when I had little kids that had to pee.
The state Department of Transportation announced it has set up roadblocks to restrict traffic going into Gallup from all directions.
Only residents of Gallup, those who work in the city and members of the media will be able to pass through the checkpoints, which are manned by State Police and New Mexico National Guard members.
Under the state Riot Control Act, local leaders, including mayors and sheriffs, can ask the governor to proclaim a state of emergency in an affected area.
While Lujan Grisham issued the emergency order, she did not prohibit the sale of alcohol or ban the possession of guns or other weapons outside personal residences, which are also allowable actions under the law.
Gov. Lujan Grisham issues lockdown order for Gallup
Gallup NM is the Navajo capital.
Notice how the south side of Chicago or parts of Baltimore were never ghettoized to seal off a spreading death.
Wow, I hadn’t seen the details before...
Is that Constitutional?!
blood group O has a significantly lower risk for the infection compared with non-O blood groups
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/medrxiv/early/2020/03/16/2020.03.11.20031096.full.pdf
No, it’s Window Rock AZ.
You get today’s award for “best Post Of The Day”.
Wow. Talk about a stupid response.
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Sorry, I have been indoctrinated by the Mainstream Media.
>>>Native Americans are descended from Asians.
Aren’t they descended from Noah?
How soon before those who test positive are put in separate quarantine quarters?
Yes...Indian communities are a lot of things, but one of those things is NOT unsociability.
Indian kids I grew up with (and those today too) often talk to each other about "where are you staying now", not "where do you live?"
Communal, transient to a degree, always with an open door.
A game of playground basketball---even the dumbest Governor isn't going to take away tribal basketball entirely---probably means a lot of shouts, coughs, body contact.
So it goes.
She will use the excuse that the Native American population is high there and how they are prone to getting this. Wanna bet?
When I have traveled through there, it is NOT a place I prefer to stop.
I believe most states have such statues and they give very, very, broad powers to the governor. Trouble is they are also rather broadly written.
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