Which is clearly not something I disagree with seeing as I lead most with don't want to reopen.
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Wisconsin Supreme Court rules Gov. Tony Evers’ administration overstepped authority with stay-at-home extension
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Which is clearly not something I disagree with seeing as I lead most with don't want to reopen.
Took a quick look around conservative Twitter and they're frequently citing Georgia's decline in cases following the reopening, but aren't those still following the downturn from social distancing?
(Also, is there a reason why they're citing positivity rates to downplay the virus, or...?)
(Also, is there a reason why they're citing positivity rates to downplay the virus, or...?)
It's not terrible, but not great. 10,900 cases with 4,215 of them in Milwaukee county. It definitely seems premature to open everything back up
People aren't going to stay in until theirs a vaccine and that's not a Republican talking point. Having EVERYONE inside just isn't feasible...so let's hope it all works out.
Color me impressed..a judge who's further to the right making an impartial-esque decision
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As opposed to the left want to keep you locked in forever?
Huh? It's not about "wanting to keep you locked in", it's about trying to slow the spread of the virus so that hospitals aren't overburdened with something that we don't have a vaccine for and that is especially brutal on elderly and immuno-compromised patients. Any politicizing that is being done here - and that is exactly what the Republicans are doing - is scientifically, medically, and ethically atrocious.
The virus has clearly been beaten and the threat is over./s
It's not popular. But there is a pretty vocal group of people who support it.
What do you think McConnell is doing? The Republicans in the federal government are actively working to minimize workplace liability due to employees getting sick or dying from COVID-19.
We'll see how things go. But, I think a lot of businesses are going to be hurting still. I work at a resale shop in Illinois, and in the couple of weeks leading up to our closing, our sales were about 1/3 of what they usually are. Even before we shut down, we were furloughing all part time employees and changing our hours so we were open less. If we opened back up, I would probably just get laid off instead of furloughed, so it'd just make my unemployment claim more of a pain in the ass.
I can't even begin to conceive of what it must to be like to have such a profound lack of shame.
Even more fun when she's concurring with an opinion that only finds that the Governor has to consult with the legislature. So Japanese internment would've been ok in her view if Congress had passed a law.
This is why... well one of many reasons why... I can't be governor.
If I was governor and they did this I'd go on TV, throw up my hands and say "Fuck it, do whatever you want. It's your life.".
If I was governor and they did this I'd go on TV, throw up my hands and say "Fuck it, do whatever you want. It's your life.".
that shit is going to spike......stay safe good Wisconsinites. Because Northern Illinois is waiting for anything to open up..........if you guys open first, my state is ready to flood your ass and then watch this shit transit and transfer like fucking mad.
No shit. No one is arguing about staying in until there is a vaccine.
I heard a good analogy the other day. If your house was on fire you wouldn't renter just as the flames were dying down. US is only just past the peak, the house is still on fire and the GOP are sending folks into the flames.
They tried it once in Michigan.
Michigan judge sides with governor in lawsuit over coronavirus shelter-in-place order
A Michigan judge sided with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and said her shelter-in-place order doesn't infringe on residents' constitutional rights.
abcnews.go.com
They're trying it again.
5 reasons Michigan lawmakers are suing Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
Relaxing constitutional protections leads to “mischief,” the lawsuit says.
www.mlive.com
Honestly, at this point it's clear that a majority republican court will fuck over a democratic governor if it can.
This court already fucked with the primaries and it will continue to fuck with anything the governor has done and will do.
In fact, if you recall, WI was the state where right before the democratic governor was taking over, the republicans changed the law to make the new democrats less impactful in legislating power.
Wisconsin Republicans Defiantly Move to Limit the Power of Incoming Democrats (Published 2018)
Robin Vos, the speaker of the Assembly, was the first official to publicly suggest that Republicans consider reining in the powers of the state’s newly elected Democrats.
At least here in Madison people will still be mostly smart. Can't say the same about the tourists/terrorists coming in from out of town though.
What some of you guys have to know is that Milwaukee and Madison still have stay at home ordinances in place. Outside of those cities, well yeah, they are opening back up and the people there don't care in the slightest about the virus or passing on to others. I don't really know what to expect, but I imagine if
people from the burbs and rural areas start dropping like flies, that they'll find a way to blame democrats or Gov Evers somehow for it. I've learned to when it comes to Republicans is that you can reason with them, its just not worth it to try. Even if something horrible befalls them or their family, its best just to look away in indifference.
I'm glad that the extent of our governor's emergency powers is baked into the PA constitution. A couple of lawmakers on the right tried to create some noise when this ruling hit, but our state's Attorney General came out and stopped that fuss.
They won a political battle.
They won't win the war against the virus by throwing bodies at though.
This is so irresponsible. If bars are going to open, they at LEAST need to implement distancing guidelines.
In less than 30 days, I imagine people in this very picture will be ill or related one way or another to someone who has died.
Conservatives have Wisconsin on lock it seems
I suppose only dire natural consequences will be the wake up call then sadly
I suppose only dire natural consequences will be the wake up call then sadly
Closely packed and no masks. We already know how this goes. We've seen enough stories about groups of people all getting COVID from one carrier. This shit is going to spread like wildfire.
I've been talking with friends and family in Wisconsin, and there's basically *zero* guidance from local governments on what to do; it seems like nobody expected this order to come down. But now every restaurant and bar is racing to open up, and they're only going to be doing very superficial actions to stay safe, such as promising to "clean" more. No masks, limited social distancing that's mostly based on the honor system. It's a complete shit show. One bar I've frequented in Wisconsin posted on Facebook that you shouldn't come if you're sick and if you do get sick, the bar isn't responsible. Hooray!
What was the case load in populated areas of Wisconsin does anyone know?
Have they been doing testing at all?
What a stupid mess. Madison / Dane County basically just re-issued the statewide Safer at Home Order in its entirety, but statewide is a patchwork and tons of local governments aren't doing fuck all. The Tavern League's guidance to bars is an absolute joke, and they're almost encouraging members to ignore local orders: "it is unclear whether a local health order would, in the Court's view, suffer from the same deficiencies that caused the Court to invalidate the Safer at Home Order."
Health Department was tracking how close we were to start reopening based on criteria here: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/prepare.htm. County-level data is here: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/county.htm (Madison is in Dane County and Milwaukee is in Milwaukee County, but there are a lot of populated Milwaukee suburbs that aren't in the county).
The upshot is tests are basically available in most communities, but haven't scaled up to the Health Department's volume goal yet.
Health Department was tracking how close we were to start reopening based on criteria here: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/prepare.htm. County-level data is here: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/covid-19/county.htm (Madison is in Dane County and Milwaukee is in Milwaukee County, but there are a lot of populated Milwaukee suburbs that aren't in the county).
The upshot is tests are basically available in most communities, but haven't scaled up to the Health Department's volume goal yet.
We've been at 5k tests a day with a positive rate hovering around 6%.
I live in northern Wisconsin. Feel pretty damn helpless.
I'm down in Kenosha right now where the local government rushed to put their own "stay at home" into place as soon as this happened and I still have no idea if things are actually required to be closed or just "encouraged" to be closed. I'm just not leaving the house.
