Posted on 10/05/2020 7:37:38 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
After being smacked down by her state’s Supreme Court Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s administration dug up a bunch of old and archaic laws that they believe gives the state government authority to reissue mandates in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and keep the local population in perpetual lockdown.
The Director of Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Robert Gordon wrote:
Today the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is issuing an epidemic order to sustain rules that have protected Michiganders’ lives for months: requiring masks, limiting gatherings, and safeguarding nursing homes. A divided Michigan Supreme Court struck down these requirements on Friday. Our order today flows from a legal authority not at issue in Friday’s case. It is important we stay the course we’ve been on. When it comes to defeating COVID-19, we’re all in this together.
The science is clear: wearing masks can reduce the chance of transmitting COVID by about 70%. Even with masks, transmission is likeliest when people are within 6 feet of each other for 15 minutes, especially indoors. The failure to take proper precautions can enable the disease to spread—whether in an East Lansing bar or at the White House.
When Michigan was hard hit by the virus in March, strong orders based on science played an integral part in our effective response. Michigan initially had the third most deaths per capita in the nation. Our response included firm requirements for individuals to stay home (March 23, strengthened April 9) and to wear masks (April 24). By June, cases had fallen dramatically, but they began to grow, partly due to outbreaks linked to bars. We responded by closing bars (July 1 and 29) and strengthening the requirements around masks (July 17). The curve flattened again.
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I suppose that is better than using New Archaic Laws?
My kingdom for an editor.
Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) has NO force of law and does not have enforcement powers. WHITLER is grasping at straws. And by the way, the Michigan Supreme Court ruling calling her actions unconstitutional was unanimous. 7-0.
“The science is clear: wearing masks can reduce the chance of transmitting COVID by about 70%.”
Which science? I see an article here that claims to debunk that claim:
https://khn.org/news/social-media-image-about-mask-efficacy-right-in-sentiment-but-percentages-are-bonkers/
Show me the data.
Widespread refusal to comply is the answer.
Stretchin Gretchen is going to drive MI deep red.
Gretchen is going full RED.
Remove
Every
Democrat
Time to dust off citizen arrest laws.
She can not violate the State Constitution, because SHE IS THE STATE CONSTITUTION! [/sarc]
Will be interesting to see if any Americans living in Michigan will make a stand against this “in-your-face” spit into their faces...
Ah. Lawyer science. I’ve seen enough toothpaste commercials over the years that I should have recognized it.
Wasn’t internment instigated by a Republican - Earl Warren in California?
“it was not military officials on the West Coast who took the lead on relocation and internment but the governor of California, Culbert Olson; the state’s attorney general, Earl Warren; and the mayor of Los Angeles, Fletcher Bowron.“
https://www.americanheritage.com/japanese-relocation
Yes, it was FDR who formally ordered it, but the policy was bipartisan. It’s simplistic to blame just the Dems. (Though the one governor who most opposed it was a GOP, from Colorado)
Whitmer is “pablum puking scum”.
That is why the vaccines need to come by early spting at the latest.
Wasnt only then. During WW2 they interned Germans. Most notable were the Hutterites who are peaceful farmers (mostly farmers) and against fighting in ANY war.
That should read-WW1.
Yes!
Sadly I’m not surprised.
It’s a little bit like a cop telling you to calm down, and you don’t.
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