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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #105 on: July 15, 2020, 06:28:50 PM »
Republican Governor of Mississippi does the math on herd immunity (in 7 tweets)
https://twitter.com/tatereeves/status/1282783825219682304

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I’m not a health care expert by any means, but I am a math guy.

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"Unless you're willing to go without hospitals after a car wreck or heart attack, we need a different approach. Right now, despite mixed messages at the beginning, it seems like masks are the best bet. They're a hell of a lot better than widespread shut downs. Please wear one!"
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #106 on: July 16, 2020, 12:07:04 AM »
Oklahoma governor who rejected mask order tests positive for coronavirus
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/15/oklahoma-kevin-stitt-coronavirus-covid-19
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #107 on: July 16, 2020, 05:23:18 AM »
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #108 on: July 16, 2020, 03:22:54 PM »
"when it comes to the coronavirus, we have met the enemy, and he is us."

Californians fight over second coronavirus shutdown
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-07-16/californians-cant-mask-their-anger-at-second-coronavirus-shutdown
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #109 on: July 16, 2020, 04:56:35 PM »
Major US retailers -Walmart, Target, CVS, Kohls- are now requiring masks in their stores.
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #110 on: July 16, 2020, 09:49:22 PM »
"Between January to June 30, Florida reported 8,671 excess deaths, that’s more than double the 3,650 deaths the state attributed to COVID-19."

Excess deaths raise concerns about pandemic’s death toll in Florida
https://www.fox4now.com/rebound/excess-deaths-raise-concerns-about-pandemics-death-toll-in-florida
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #111 on: July 17, 2020, 08:56:36 PM »
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #112 on: July 18, 2020, 12:10:14 PM »
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #113 on: July 20, 2020, 05:19:42 PM »
Walmart's masks-required policy goes into effect today, I believe.  Lowes and Home Depot have also announced masks to be required.  If you wanted to pick a venue almost guaranteed to out the no-mask opponents, you couldn't do much better than Walmart, Lowes, & Home Depot.

There have already been some gun-waving incidents in Wallyworld last week when customers were asked to put on a mask.  I'm expecting quite a few more as it becomes policy.  My news feeds say that the Walmart employees are scared to try and enforce it.

Home Depot says they are putting bouncers at the entrances.
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #114 on: July 23, 2020, 05:37:53 PM »
Reality sucks.

Nearly Two-Thirds of Texans Say that COVID-19 is "Out of Control" – Texas Monthly
https://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/poll-texans-greg-abbott-coronavirus/
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #115 on: July 24, 2020, 09:29:34 PM »
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #116 on: July 27, 2020, 12:36:51 PM »
NC still teetering on the cusp but some signs are encouraging --positivity rate is approaching 5%.  New cases/deaths per day approx 2200/30.

Meanwhile (Note that this is from FL media) ....

Coronavirus Florida: ‘Flori-duh,’ DeSantis in national spotlight for bungling pandemic - Ocala.com
https://www.ocala.com/news/20200726/coronavirus-florida-lsquoflori-duhrsquo-desantis-in-national-spotlight-for-bungling-pandemic/1
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #117 on: July 27, 2020, 04:02:32 PM »
>>De Santis

The simple fact is that every politician, almost regardless of the decisions they made, is at risk because of CV. You have De Santis on one side catching fire for stupidly opening the economy, but meanwhile in California you have Newsome catching fire for stupidly closing the economy.

https://pvtimes.com/news/third-recall-attempt-launched-against-newsom-87260/

I think that as a general rule, Covid hotspots are bad for incumbents.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2020/07/13/popularity-dives-of-governors-in-coronavirus-hotspots/#71f2697a430f
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #118 on: July 27, 2020, 08:28:53 PM »
Looking at the gubernatorial candidates here in Washington nearly all the Republican candidates (30 candidates total on the ballot) are pushing to re-open everything ASAP. Overall I would be pretty right-leaning but for the most part I am pretty pleased with how our Democratic governor has handled things so far. Makes me think the elections this fall will be a lot uglier than normal no matter who wins.

Has anyone seen any numbers tied to the economy in states like Florida that have re-opened vs. others that are still mostly or at least partly closed? Is reopening really boosting those economies? Are unemployment claims down in those state?
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Re: Mayors & Governors: Shelter in Place
« Reply #119 on: July 27, 2020, 10:04:12 PM »
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