Posted on 11/15/2021 10:51:18 AM PST by Red Badger
A whistleblower has leaked an email exchange dating to October 2020, in which the Chief of Staff to Minnesota Governor Tim Walz tells the state’s Department of Health that the Department’s numbers on how covid was spreading were “less useful than what I expected” because “these numbers are small.” The Commissioner of Health said, in turn, that “people look at the primary case numbers and think those are small impacts that don’t justify the dial backs we propose.” She urges her staff to engage in “creative thinking.”
LEAKED! Email from last fall shows Walz chief of staff scheming with Malcolm to find ways to better sell COVID fear because numbers are too small.
Jan tells staff to get “creative”—two weeks later Walz paused sports & shutdown schools.#FireJan@SenatorBenson @drscottjensen pic.twitter.com/LTr7Z2i2zd
— MN Up North Lake Guy (@MNUpNorthLakeG1) November 11, 2021
As I understand it, what is happening here is that the governor wanted to order restrictions on “social gatherings, weddings, funerals,” but the Department of Health’s data on origin of covid infections showed such a small number coming from those events that people wouldn’t buy the governor’s proposed shutdown. So the Department of Health was encouraged to calculate second and third generation infections on into the future–“generations of transmission”–to make the numbers look bigger.
On November 10, 2020, Governor Walz issued Emergency Executive Order 20-96, titled “Restricting Social Gatherings, Celebrations, and the Hours and Operations of Bars, Restaurants, and Venues to Prevent Further Spread of COVID-19.” This is the order for which the governor wanted the Department of Health to dummy up more compelling data. The order recites:
Due to careful contact tracing and continuous research, we now have a far greater understanding of the ways that the pandemic spreads. Greater knowledge allows us to be more surgical in our approach to mitigation, especially when faced with the current surges. The present data points to social gatherings (including friends and family gatherings at private homes), celebrations, and bars and restaurants as the most significant source of COVID-19 spread in the state.
This was never true, and there were never any strong data to support the claim.
I recognize and regret that this Order will affect the bottom line of businesses that have already borne a great deal of hardship due to this pandemic. With the holiday season approaching, these changes will also unfortunately affect family gatherings, and may require Minnesotans to rely on virtual and remote options to continue their holiday traditions. But as the Task Force explained, we must act quickly and implement calculated and aggressive measures.
These leaked emails provide a small window into a phenomenon that we have seen over the last year and a half at the federal level and in many states: politicians who want to exert ever-greater control over our lives have consistently misrepresented and exaggerated data relating to covid in order to instill fear and to justify harsh measures that have damaged the quality of life of many millions of Americans. There is little or no evidence that extreme covid shutdowns did any material good, but we know they did a great deal of harm. Someday, perhaps there will be an accounting for the endemic dishonesty that lay behind them.
IMHO the Covid numbers were pumped up nation wide.
Yep. The books are cooked. They did better than “try.”
Surprising?
Not.
Did Walz know about this effort at the time? If so, has he resigned yet?
Once again, we find politicians LYING and fudging numbers about it…
-and disappointed that the numbers are LOW.
How long are people gonna be duped?
Why do so many BELIEVE these idiots - even now?
If they have to LIE and fudge numbers, it means that it has NEVER been about public health and safety and all about government control.
Chief of Stuff never tells the boss anything.....................
You’re not the only one thinking this. My gut tells me they’re inflated by 25%…possibly more.
this is what happened across the country primarily for money
More like 75% - 80%
Could very well be.
We know the tests weren’t 100% accurate.
To start, I think they thought it would reflect badly on Trump. Then they decided it was easy money.
That’s a good point. Anything to damage the orange man.
“IMHO the Covid numbers were pumped up nation wide.”
Since the test they used for diagnosis was known to produce over 80% false positives by the way it was used I would say you are exactly right.
Hell, even the guy who developed the test said it was never intended to be used the way it was being used.
It used to be a FELONY to Falsify Official Government Documents
Obviously had nothing to do with health and safety. The power hungry get a thrill of increasing their control and power.
NYS state and local officials, health system employees have been open about counting asymptomatics, probables, and repeat positives of the same patient as new cases.
The case count they’ve been very open about cooking and nobody called them on it.
The death stats, though, well, that’s a different kettle of fish.
Ya think.
Last year the number of flu cases didn’t surpass 2000. Everything was covid.
Lo and behold the CDC finally admits that the PCR test couldn’t differentiate between the traditional flu or covid. So there’s no way of knowing what folks were ailing from.
More like 75% or more...
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