Posted on 04/23/2020 6:53:37 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, a Republican and the governor of one of just a handful of states that has not issued a statewide lockdown order, told Breitbart News exclusively on Wednesday her state is winning the war against the coronavirus without the extreme and draconian measures some other states have implemented.
Noem said that despite earlier projections of a surge on the hospitals in South Dakota and nationwide, “no, we haven’t” seen such a surge. In fact, South Dakota has—again, without a lockdown—cut that number down by 75 percent of the projections, with much less than a hundred people in the hospital.
According to the state’s Department of Health website, there have been 1,858 cases of coronavirus in South Dakota—937 people have recovered. There have been only 9 deaths, and there are 62 people currently hospitalized. In total, only 111 people were ever hospitalized for coronavirus in South Dakota—far less than ever was expected.
“I think we’ve got maybe 60 people in the hospital right now,” Noem said in an exclusive interview on Wednesday. “We have 2,500 beds set aside for COVID-19 patients, but we only have 63 in. We probably, from all of our projections and studying the science behind the virus, we won’t peak until the middle of June. But we already have done much better than what we had thought would have been hitting our state already.”
“We already have cut our peak projections by 75 percent just putting in place the recommendations I asked people to do, staying at home and they’ve practiced social distancing,” she explained. “They’ve washed their hands and they stayed home if they weren’t feeling well and called their doctors...
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That’s great now get the hog market back on track. This meat production issue is a big deal. Hooray for SD. Let’s keep the farmers healthy too.
Bttt
I’d rather have her run the medical response efforts for nation at large.
I like this girl. If only the GOP men had a backbone like hers.
True! Someone in the GOP with some guts!
They list ages, sexes, hospitalizations, and recovered in interactive graphs
Over Half of SD's 2,000 confirmed cases have recovered and only 58 are currently hospitalized, with NO LOCKDOWN.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem is truly a very brave woman.
She’s a farm girl who does things right.
South Dakota is lucky to have her during this time when such fortitude is in obvious short supply across the nation. She has not allowed non elected Public Health autocrats to rule her state like most have.
Could it be that the pig carcasses themselves are bringing COVID into the meat processing plants?
After all, they’re now saying that pigs can catch this virus as well.
Just a thought.
True statement. Trump and her ain’t many. We need some testicular fortitude in the GOP. The ladies have more than the men.
Yes. While they're sipping champagne and eating canapes with some Deep State insiders at a DC party, she is out kicking azz.
She has way more backbone than Muffin Cumberpatch III, who seems to have lost the one he grew during Kavanaugh.
Wow....you really can have both FREEDOM and SAFETY!
....and stunning hot looks besides!
Ok. A choice. Bacon, ham, and freedom. Go Kristi and SD.
Umm - OK - I’m moving to South Dakota!
Wonder what Laz would think? A cull?
She never took the bait and as a result has come out smelling like a rose. Governor Kemp should e followed her lead instead of getting suckered into a shut down several weeks ago.
I moved here in 2002 and it’s not too bad. The politics aren’t a burden on our lives like other states and cost of living is reasonable with no state income tax. Weather sucks during winter but that’s just part of the deal.
I met Noem when she ran for Congress and she is an absolute doll. Tough too
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