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Restrictions could be lifted on up to 100,000 Minnesota workers by Monday
Star Trubune ^ | April 24, 2020 | Jeremy Olson and Glenn Howatt

Posted on 04/24/2020 11:00:06 AM PDT by LouieFisk

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz stressed the new state approach of dialing up or down restrictions goes both ways and that businesses need to be prepared for renewed restrictions.

An estimated 80,000 to 100,000 em­ploy­ees could re­turn to work Mon­day un­der a plan by Gov. Tim Walz to dial back the state’s stay-at-home order, which was imposed to reduce or delay the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The move is tailored to manufacturers and offices that don’t have face-to-face interaction with clients and weren’t deemed critical industries that were exempt from the stay-at-home order.

Roughly 20,000 companies in this category now have the option to reopen if they complete and publicize plans to maintain social distancing, worker hygiene and workspace cleanliness, said Steve Grove, commissioner for the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.

“This is a lim­it­ed first step in the proc­ess of safe­ly re­open­ing some busi­nes­ses and re­turn­ing Min­ne­so­tans to work,” he said.

The move puts Minnesota in a fairly aggressive posture compared with other states, which have been adhering to the White House’s Open Up America Again Guidelines to pursue only a “phased comeback” once they have seen 14 consecutive days of declines in COVID-19 cases. But Walz and state officials said the decision was science-based and not open-ended like the plan to restart almost all businesses in Georgia that even President Donald Trump has criticized.The move also does not change the rest of the stay-home order, which remains in effect until May 4, or recommendations for people to continue to work from home if they can.

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1 posted on 04/24/2020 11:00:06 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

So he is basically doing exactly what Kemp did by blowing off Fauci’s 14 day guideline.

Since he’s a Democrat how will the press react if Trump slams him?


2 posted on 04/24/2020 11:04:13 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

As ridiculus as it may sounds, they will somehow blame Trump.


3 posted on 04/24/2020 11:17:57 AM PDT by Huskrrrr
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To: LouieFisk

IMHO, this is caused by pressure from public employee unions, whose members are about to lose jobs. The states HAVE TO HAVE THE TAX REVENUE!


4 posted on 04/24/2020 11:19:52 AM PDT by abb
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To: LouieFisk

Good luck on getting those on enhanced unemployment back to work.

They ain’t coming back until the unemployment runs out.

Why work when you get “paid” more to stay home.


5 posted on 04/24/2020 11:29:17 AM PDT by PeteB570 ( Islam is the sea in which the Terrorist Shark swims. The deeper the sea the larger the shark.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“So he is basically doing exactly what Kemp did by blowing off Fauci’s 14 day guideline.”

“the decision was science-based and not open-ended like the plan to restart almost all businesses in Georgia that even President Donald Trump has criticized.”

Deaths per million of population:
Minnesota 40
Georgia 87


6 posted on 04/24/2020 11:33:55 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk

Someh, I think law firms are rubbing their hands with glee. “He didn’t wear a mask, and gave it to my client!”


7 posted on 04/24/2020 11:57:04 AM PDT by Basket_of_Deplorables (Unredact the 99 Collyer Report!!!)
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To: LouieFisk
MN has 3,185 confirmed cases and 221 deaths. It equates to 40 deaths per million of population. Germany is opening up with 67 deaths per million. Sweden never shut down and it has 213 deaths per million.

Hospitalized as of today: 278; Hospitalized in ICU as of today: 111. 138 of the 221 deaths occurred in one county--Hennepin, the most populous county in Minnesota and the 32nd-most populous county in the United States; more than one in five Minnesotans live in Hennepin County.

8 posted on 04/24/2020 12:07:31 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Basket_of_Deplorables

Someh, I think law firms are rubbing their hands with glee. “He didn’t wear a mask, and gave it to my client!”

It’s going to be part and parcel of opening up again everywhere - employess and customers who come down with the virus will be suing businesses. I also expect suits by victims aimed at governments that open if the virus comes raging back.


9 posted on 04/24/2020 12:08:24 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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"Restrictions could be lifted on up to 100,000 Minnesota workers by Monday"

Interesting (to me, at least) that the title makes no specific mention of American citizens who live in MN returning to work... Just "workers"...

Somalians ecstatic...

10 posted on 04/24/2020 12:20:12 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: SuperLuminal

Somalis are pretty much low level/unskilled workers, such as cab drivers. This is geared toward office workers who have little or no public contact, more white collar.


11 posted on 04/24/2020 12:35:40 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: LouieFisk
Deaths per million of population:
Minnesota 40
Georgia 87

Peak death rate in Georgia was 3-4 April which is when Kemp issued his shutdown, i.e. deaths had already peaked. In MIN deaths are peaking now and he did his shutdown orders on March 15-16. One difference is Georgia started much earlier with two funerals (late Feb and early March). With those they created a voluntary shutdown situation because so many people were catching the virus and getting seriously ill.

The lesson is simple, you have to take your medicine. You can pretend that being shutdown forever will stop the virus but that just delays the inevitable.

12 posted on 04/24/2020 12:47:32 PM PDT by palmer (Democracy Dies Six Ways from Sunday)
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To: LouieFisk

Roger that... Thxs...


13 posted on 04/24/2020 12:56:41 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: palmer

“The lesson is simple, you have to take your medicine. You can pretend that being shutdown forever will stop the virus but that just delays the inevitable.”

I don’t know of anyone calling for s “shutdown forever”. And there is no medicine to take - the only hope in that regard is a vaccine, which may or may not occur.


14 posted on 04/24/2020 1:24:41 PM PDT by LouieFisk
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To: kabar

Partner, there are approx. 8,500 deaths each and every day here in the good ole USA. These deaths could be from accidents, firearms, knife fights, etc.

The 50,000 deaths from the Corona Virus is a padded number and the $540,00 a year Fauci man wants the Media to say he estimated just about 60,000 deaths from the corona virus.

I will keep saying that Fauci is a plant of the DemonRat party and he is so full of it.

Anybody can do his job since he was wrong about 4 times and he is the head of the NIH and Birx is also head of the CDC and she is crazy as a loon.

15 posted on 04/24/2020 1:52:34 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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To: kabar

Partner, there are approx. 8,500 deaths each and every day here in the good ole USA. These deaths could be from accidents, firearms, knife fights, etc.

The 50,000 deaths from the Corona Virus is a padded number and the $540,00 a year Fauci man wants the Media to say he estimated just about 60,000 deaths from the corona virus.

I will keep saying that Fauci is a plant of the DemonRat party and he is so full of it.

Anybody can do his job since he was wrong about 4 times and he is the head of the NIH and Birx is also head of the CDC and she is crazy as a loon.

16 posted on 04/24/2020 1:53:02 PM PDT by TheConservativeTejano (God Bless Texas...)
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To: TheConservativeTejano

Trump had little alternative given what was happening in Wuhan and Italy. Lockdowns were occurring throughout Europe. The WHO was estimating 3% to 4% mortality rates. It was a “novel” virus, i.e., little was known about it. To date, there have been 2.8 million cases worldwide and 196k deaths including over 50k in the US. These figures are understated by a lot given China’s ridiculous low numbers.

I don’t fault Trump for his initial decisions. I agree that Fauci and Birx are Deep State along with Redfield, CDC. Trump needs to change course now that we have more data. He made a mistake going after Kemp. We should stop terrifying the public. You can help businesses survive thru subsidies, but they will still go under if the consumer is afraid to shop or use the services. I wish Trump would dedicate one briefing session to explain to the public how low risk the virus is to most people.


17 posted on 04/24/2020 2:39:47 PM PDT by kabar
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To: Buckeye McFrog

The Minnesota governor heard from the 500,000 fisherman whose opener would have been blocked. Tim Walz (Dem) wanted monday, May 15 to start “allowing” companies to open. The fishing opener is May 13th a saturday and 500,000 go fishing that weekend.
He then changed it to May 1 for “allowing” companies to open.
It is April 24 now. This thing is over except in those states like California where the governor is doing $1 billion in money laundering with the Chinese for masks that are the wrong type and probably defective and will never be delivered. He says 200,000 masks a month!!

Meanwhile in Newport beach some 40,000 people showed up at the beach!! On a friday and the reporter who was wearing a mask while everyone else was in the swim trunks (men!) or bikinis (women)!!! said that was double the number of people from yesterday.

The media and mayor are driving this hysteria while the people know it is over.


18 posted on 04/24/2020 6:12:32 PM PDT by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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To: LouieFisk

A good step, but not much help to small businesses. In two weeks the walleye season opens in Minnesota... this is a huge thing in Minnesota. Resorts, local restaurants, marinas and bait shops are still closed. Many of the lake resort cabins are family run small businesses that are booked for opening weekend sometimes years in advance. They are not year round resorts and the May-October bookings are their only income. While public boat ramps and state park campgrounds are open, these resorts are where many stay for opening weekend. Small town restaurants and bars in these lake areas are also closed by Governor’s order. The continued shutdown will be the end of these small businesses and northern Minnesota will be devastated by Gov. Walz’s poor judgement. There has been no spike in new Corona virus cases, hospitals have not been overrun and healthcare personnel are being furloughed due to the lack of patients


19 posted on 04/24/2020 9:00:56 PM PDT by The Great RJ ("Socialists are happy until they run out of other people's money." Margaret Thatcher)
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To: The Great RJ

Not a fisherman. but ages ago I spent some time on the shores of Mille Lacs so I know what ya mean.


20 posted on 04/25/2020 9:11:30 AM PDT by LouieFisk
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