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Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf explains why bars, restaurants are focus of targeted coronavirus mitigation efforts
Pennlive ^ | 21 July A.D. 2020 | Greg Pickel

Posted on 07/21/2020 1:56:23 PM PDT by lightman

Gov. Tom Wolf said Tuesday that the state has evidence indicating a recent rise in the number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases in Pa. can, at least in part, be traced back to places people are drinking alcohol.

It’s part of the reason why Wolf, in conjunction with Health Department Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine, ordered all bars that cannot serve a meal to close while also mandating that alcohol can only be consumed on a business’ premise if it is sold within a meal transaction.

A meal is defined by the state’s Liquor Control Board as food that is prepared and constitutes breakfast, lunch, or dinner. The prepared part means a bag of chips, pretzels, or peanuts is not OK, but a $1 hot dog is.

Wolf acknowledged during a news conference that also thanked frontline workers at York’s WellSpan hospital that loopholes will always be found, like a cheap hot dog or a single slice of pizza, but added that the measures that went into effect almost a week ago are aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 on the same day the state reported over 1,000 new cases for the third time this month.

“I mean, are there loopholes and ways to do an end-run around any piece of legislation or any policy? Absolutely,” Wolf said. “The key is, we just have to keep coming back to the point that everybody here [at the news conference made] and that is, do you want your family members, your co-workers, your friends, your neighbors, to end up [at the hospital]? If you don’t, then let’s try to do the things that; is it a frustrating thing to go through if you’re a restaurant? Absolutely. Or a bar owner? Absolutely. The problem is, isn’t it more frustrating to go through what the bar owners and restaurant owners are going through in Florida, where people are just not going to come to the bar?

“They’re not showing up anyway, and that’s going to happen here if we don’t do something dramatic.”

In signing the new order last week, Wolf also closed nightclubs and music clubs while reducing indoor dining to 25 percent capacity. Additionally, outdoor gatherings were limited to 250 people, and all bar service, inside or outside, must be stopped. One important note, however, is that a wedding venue is allowed to serve customers at a bar only if they then go to a seat where a meal will be served.

Wolf was also asked about the idea of providing specific examples of contact tracing that has tied a sizable number of new confirmed coronavirus cases to bars and restaurants. He said that the state does have that information but is not releasing it on a bar-by-bar basis, pointing to reports out of South Korea back in March that said the country’s decision to provide voluminous and specific information about confirmed coronavirus cases led to some people who were infected to experience what the BBC said was online ridicule and judgment.

“Dr. Levine said every region of the [state], not every county but the majority of the counties, in every region of the state has seen an uptick in cases, and when I say focus, what we focused on is we know that those are coming from places where people are coming together and in close contact where they’re drinking. That’s bars. And so, the order, I think, has really addressed that in a targeted way.

“We can’t tell you, I mean, that has been done, where a bar has been identified, and that has created all kinds of problems. I think that was South Korea did that. We don’t want to do that. We think that’s inappropriate. We have the data, we know this is where the problem is. Are we going to tell you exactly which bars? No, we’re not going to do that.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: bars; levine; lockdown; openpa; paping; proof; tomwolf; wolf
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Bottom line: The mealy mouth says "Wolf chips" and "Levine nuts" don't count.

Maybe Levine nuts don't exist but that's another story for another time.

1 posted on 07/21/2020 1:56:23 PM PDT by lightman
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To: lightman

Protest on the Capitol steps tomorrow at 11


2 posted on 07/21/2020 1:56:51 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: fatima; Fresh Wind; st.eqed; xsmommy; House Atreides; Nowhere Man; PaulZe; brityank; Physicist; ...

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

3 posted on 07/21/2020 1:57:57 PM PDT by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

“...Protest on the Capitol steps tomorrow at 11...”

Too bad they couldn’t drag the useless commie POS out and hang the bassturd....right along with his lovely HeSheIt (pronounced “He shit it” by my PA friends).


4 posted on 07/21/2020 1:59:45 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Libs are a virus.....the DemoVirus!!)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

As a restaurant owner in New Hampshire I wish I could stand with people in our industry in Pennsylvania during their protest. Taking away the rights of people to earn a living over a political stunt ,fake pandemic is truly disgusting and a violation of constitutional rights. May those who think it’s ok to destroy people’s life work and small businesses leave this country for Venezuela as soon as possible !


5 posted on 07/21/2020 1:59:52 PM PDT by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: lightman

You have a much higher chance of dying in an auto accident than dying from Corona virus. Yet you don’t see automobile shutdowns.


6 posted on 07/21/2020 2:01:25 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: lightman

Beauty Queen Levine is sure talented.

Physician, too.

And also Premonition-enabled to save his MOTHER before
they murdered the other elderly People.

Clearly he is also empowered with uncanny brilliance
to tell everyone else what to do.


7 posted on 07/21/2020 2:02:31 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced")
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To: lightman

Daily Protests start at 4:00 at local bars throughout Pennsylvania.


8 posted on 07/21/2020 2:02:33 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: lightman

Deer Pennsylvania voters: do you really want to live under Democrat rule as you currently are experiencing? If so, you must have a very high quotient of self-loathing, confusion, and extreme nitwittery. Good luck dealing with your bizarre, fascist “leaders”.


9 posted on 07/21/2020 2:03:41 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp???)
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To: Flavious_Maximus
You have a much higher chance of dying in an auto accident than dying from Corona virus. Yet you don’t see automobile shutdowns. Don't worry, that's on the Democrats' list.
10 posted on 07/21/2020 2:05:53 PM PDT by UncleDenny77
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To: lightman

So they are following the lead of South Korea. It all makes sense now. If I knew that earlier I would have absolutely gone along with everything they have ordered. In addition to that, it gives a lot of credibility to anyone that cuts off his dick.


11 posted on 07/21/2020 2:06:00 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength." - George Orwell, 1984)
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To: hal ogen

“Deer Pennsylvania voters?” Don’t give the rats any ideas.


12 posted on 07/21/2020 2:06:55 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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To: lightman
TLDR.

I'll tell you why idiot Governors like Wolf and Prickster (IL) are punishing the bars and restaurants -- because they don't have the BALLS to say how the virus is really spreading and that's the damn' protests RIOTS happening in big cities across America.

These cowardly POS "Governors" can't tell the RIOTERS to stay home, so they go after those who obey the law.

(mic drop.)

13 posted on 07/21/2020 2:07:32 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: UncleDenny77

Isn’t that part of the “Green New Deal?”


14 posted on 07/21/2020 2:07:48 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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To: usconservative

It’s not that they “can’t tell the RIOTERS to stay home,” it’s that they don’t want the RIOTERS to stay at home.


15 posted on 07/21/2020 2:09:22 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Fire Fauci)
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To: lightman

So, bars are spreading covid, unless you are also eating food?


16 posted on 07/21/2020 2:09:45 PM PDT by monkeyshine (live and let live is dead)
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To: lightman

This man is full of Schiff


17 posted on 07/21/2020 2:10:39 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: lightman
Inquiring minds wanted to know about Rachel's MOMMY.

.... and what was the cui bono?

Answer: She worked for Hershey which is now rewarding the Gov. of Penn and the tranny for saving her.
"Rachel L. Levine (born 1957) is an American pediatrician
currently serving as the Pennsylvania ... During her tenure
there, she had created Penn State Hershey Medical Center's
adolescent medicine division, and eating disorders clinic.
... Levine was accused of removing her own mother from a
personal care home, "

July 21, 2020 - Wolf Administration Announces 270 New Jobs and
Establishment of New The Hershey Company Fulfillment Center


So. Dead elderly Republicans KNOWINGLY murdered

Pensions now moot.

Hershey rewards Gov for release before killings.

DNC -1 Accountability - 0

18 posted on 07/21/2020 2:13:48 PM PDT by Diogenesis ("when a crime is unpunished, the world is unbalanced")
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To: lgjhn23

I think Wolf lives in the burrow with Punxsutawney Phil and only comes out to show his shadow during press conferences.


19 posted on 07/21/2020 2:15:29 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: lightman

“the state has evidence indicating a recent rise in the number of daily confirmed coronavirus cases in Pa. can, at least in part, be traced back to places people are drinking alcohol. “

weird ... because the only active ingredient in almost all hand sanitizers is ethanol ...


20 posted on 07/21/2020 2:19:49 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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