Posted on 03/16/2020 6:30:27 PM PDT by conservative98
PHILADELPHIA - Gov. Tom Wolf extended a shutdown order to the entire state of Pennsylvania in an effort to halt the spread of the coronavirus, he said Monday.
Wolf had already called for nonessential government offices to close and nonessential business activity to end in four suburban Pennsylvania counties.
On Monday, he extended that order to the rest of the state.
“This isn’t a decision that I take lightly at all,” Wolf said. “It’s one I’m making because medical experts believe it’s the only way we can prevent our hospitals from being overwhelmed.”
His office said Monday he will extend that order to the rest of the state.
Philadelphia orders shutdown of all non-essential businesses Mayor Jim Kinney offers an update on mandates due to COVID-19 cases rising in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, Mayor Jim Kenney ordered a halt to all nonessential business activity and city government operations for two weeks in the city of 1.6 million people.
In issuing the order, Kenney asked that residents and businesses observe the restrictions, and said he understood that it could have devastating effects on them.
“We are aware that this will disrupt life in Philadelphia and we do not make these changes lightly,” he said in an address from City Hall.
The closures will last through at least March 27.
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THE ENTIRE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA! SHUT DOWN TO *AT LEAST* MARCH 27. MAYBE FARTHER THAN THAT. WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
TOM WOLF HAS GOT TO GO!
Madness.
Had to run and stock up on vino tonight.....liquor store was mobbed....
I think that means even television, radio, and newspapers need to shut down.
rule of the hysterical doctors over terrified elected officials.
Prove me wrong, Governor.
here’s the irony. after we don’t become extinct from corona, we will be force fed the narrative that we ONLY avoided extermination because of all of this lunacy; virus hysteria will become the order of the day.
get used to it. we’re going to see this a lot.
F U wolf !
It is reported on another site that is not a legal mandate, it is rather a suggestion. It is up to the business owner to decide. However, businesses are running wild with this recommendation. I just had business in PA for tomorrow cancel on me. And I already spent $$$$ renting a truck.
I’m sorry.
So it’s not an “order,” but a suggestion.
Wild.
COV-19 cases in all of Pennsylvania 3/16/2020
Is shutting down the WHOLE state - ALL business activity warranted???
County by county, yes, maybe, but the whole state???
76 cases over the whole state “overwhelms” the hospitals???
All elected officials should serve Without Pay for the duration of the emergency. It’s the right thing to do.
Sabotage.
Wolf has been a disaster all himself!
If the amount of cases quickly doubles it would be almost 2 per hospital! That is certainly overwhelming. That is of course if you don't count VA hospitals then it would be like .9 per hospital.
This is utter insanity. Businesses need to start pushing back everywhere on this crap.
Way to dry up your tax revenues, governor Dumbass.
So basically hundreds of thousands of workers get pink slips?
The cure is going to kill the patient. Lovely.
This is crazy a Governor willing to destroy the State economy to keep Trump from being re-elected.
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