24 March 2020

Keeping Count - part the second

Let's continue the tally of states that The Manchurian President is setting up to toss him out in November.

-- 24 March

Texas. Well, they're really wacky, but then you already knew that.
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Monday night that he's "not living in fear" of the novel coronavirus pandemic and is "all in" on lifting social distancing guidelines recommended by public health experts in order to help the economy.

That may warm the hearts of cowboys out on the range, and oilmen who consider themselves self-made, but how will it work in the ever bluer cities?

Idaho. Ah, not any real cities
Idaho health districts reported at least 27 new confirmed cases of coronavirus Monday, but Gov. Brad Little focused on relaxing state health care rules rather than imposing restrictions on residents.

Yeah, they're real American cowboys. None of that city sissy stuff. May be they're OK with a local epidemic. Not that the state has all that many beds or ICU units, anyway. Let 'em die. It's the American west's way.

Tennessee. More stupidty from a moron. That's one damning graph. Not a regression coefficient in sight.
The timeline also shows Kentucky Governor Beshear sometimes acted almost a week earlier than his Tennessee counterpart in shutting down public gatherings and closing schools.

"What we're seeing here is staying at home, avoiding public contact, and minimizing your exposure and exposing yourself to your neighbors can make a difference," [Stephanie] Jolly told WAVE 3 News via Facetime while on self-isolation in New York.

May be the surviving Tennesseeans will take it out on The Manchurian President and his toady Bill Lee.

Virginia. So now the Christian Soldiers think they'll be OK?
"They thanked us for making that decision," Falwell told the Liberty University News Service, describing a call to move classes online but also, in his words, to get his students "back as soon as we can—the ones who want to come back."

In fact, Lynchburg city manager Bonnie Svrcek says that while she did thank Falwell for moving to online classrooms, she was led to believe that the school was also abandoning plans to invite students back into residence halls following spring break. Neither she nor Lynchburg Mayor Treney Tweedy said they signed off on Falwell's decision to re-open Liberty's dorms.

God fearing asshats in motion.

Mississippi. NIMBY in spades.
Gov. Tate Reeves rejected calls today for a statewide shelter-at-home order, a measure of caution against the spread of COVID-19 being rapidly deployed next door in Louisiana, elsewhere in the United States and across the globe.

May haps he's trying to knock off some more of those old, white men. Oh joy!!

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