Posted on 04/13/2020 1:25:28 PM PDT by hoagy62
Today, Washington Gov. Jay Inslee, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and Oregon Gov. Kate Brown announced an agreement on a shared vision for reopening their economies and controlling COVID-19 into the future.
Joint statement from the governors:
COVID-19 has preyed upon our interconnectedness. In the coming weeks, the West Coast will flip the script on COVID-19 – with our states acting in close coordination and collaboration to ensure the virus can never spread wildly in our communities.
We are announcing that California, Oregon and Washington have agreed to work together on a shared approach for reopening our economies – one that identifies clear indicators for communities to restart public life and business.
While each state is building a state-specific plan, our states have agreed to the following principles as we build out a West Coast framework:
Our residents’ health comes first. As home to one in six Americans and gateway to the rest of the world, the West Coast has an outsized stake in controlling and ultimately defeating COVID-19. Health outcomes and science – not politics - will guide these decisions. Modifications to our states’ stay at home orders must be made based off our understanding of the total health impacts of COVID-19, including: the direct impact of the disease on our communities; the health impact of measures introduced to control the spread in communities —particularly felt by those already experiencing social disadvantage prior to COVID-19; and our health care systems’ ability to ensure care for those who may become sick with COVID-19 and other conditions. This effort will be guided by data. We need to see a decline in the rate of spread of the virus before large-scale reopening, and we will be working in coordination to identify the best metrics to guide this. Our states will only be effective by working together. Each state will work with it’s local leaders and communities within its borders to understand what’s happening on the ground and adhere to our agreed upon approach. Through quick and decisive action, each of our states has made significant progress in flattening the curve and slowing the spread of COVID-19 among the broader public. Now, our public health leaders will focus on four goals that will be critical for controlling the virus in the future.
Protecting vulnerable populations at risk for severe disease if infected. This includes a concerted effort to prevent and fight outbreaks in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Ensuring an ability to care for those who may become sick with COVID-19 and other conditions. This will require adequate hospital surge capacity and supplies of personal protective equipment. Mitigating the non-direct COVID-19 health impacts, particularly on disadvantaged communities. Protecting the general public by ensuring any successful lifting of interventions includes the development of a system for testing, tracking and isolating. The states will work together to share best practices. COVID-19 doesn’t follow state or national boundaries. It will take every level of government, working together, and a full picture of what’s happening on the ground.
In the coming days the governors, their staff and health officials will continue conversations about this regional pact to recovery.
These States are revenue starved and will be relying on the Federal government to bail them out. Trump needs to let it be known that States involved in economic jihad are on their own. They’ll jump right in line.
Wow, a mini “EU” emerges on the left coast
ROTFL. Mexico and Canada having their own spheres of influence? Only if the drug and maple-syrup cartels take over, respectively.
This agreement is not about any of the measures listed in the article. It is about protecting each of the west coast states’ import markets so that each state is equally burdened by these measures. China still rules.
Awaiting blast e-mail from the DNC committee on taking down the US Government and Donald Trump.
Cut them out of the power grid and watch ‘em turn into zombies!
I can foresee mass civil disobedience and people even intentionally exposing themselves to the virus so they can “ recover” and get out of jail
Start ignoring? I never paid any attn to them to start with. Yeah my small biz is shit down but we depend on venues across the country to be open. When they start opening we’ll reopen regardless of what Newsom says.
So we go from individual state tyrants to central committees ....
I'd like to know what the owners of all those beach house on the Oregon coast are going to do if nobody bothers to rent their places....
and Seattle can forget about national hockey....
I heard a rumor the other day about two indian casinos one in Wash. and one in Idaho....that the Wash. casino had threatened the Idaho casino to shut down or else face a bombthreat.....no kidding...the source seemed to think it was entirely true...
nobody wants to be left behind...
So basically, they are F#$%#$% millions of people who weren’t going to vote for Trump anyways. Namely, their constituents. Except now that they clearly see who’s F@#$%#@@ em, they may vote for Trump. As Trump says......what do you got to lose?
Nothing of substance was announced here, the states are going to get together to think about maybe reopening sometime possibly? It’s another attempt to sabotage the economy and stall out the illegal lockup until election day.
Trump needs to get ahead of this by recommending that ALL states reopen by May 1st (if not sooner). Governors can follow the recommendation or not (most will), but any that don’t will have to answer to their populace. Also governors can’t restrict travel between states or come up with state pacts (commerce clause), this is clear and Trump needs to send the justice department after any such law breaking.
OPEN UP AMERICA NOW.
Kinda hard to cut Washington and Oregon out of the power grid...because of all the hydropower we have. Not to mention the Bonneville Power Administration has it’s main distribution center in Portland.
They already do.
I’d offer The Solution, but why give these tyrants a warning?
I guess I was just imagining those rolling brown-outs last summer then.
That’s California. Didn’t happen here (WA).
Isn’t it strange that these leftists what are the about shutting it down and keeping it close down indefinitely until Trump started talking about reopening, then they all started To talk about reopening as well? It’s almost like they know Trump is right but refused to admit it.
Ahhh, but you see, once California crumples so will y’all!
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