Well, common sense finally came to Michigan in the form of Whitmer getting her hands slapped HARD by our Supreme Court! Her use of a 1945 law to rule like a dictator was found unconstitutional, and she also violated the 1976 law in that she MUST work with our Legislature to get emergency powers extended past 28 days! So ALL her executive orders since April 30th are null and void immediately! About frickin time!
Granted, she has said she will skirt that ruling by using "other means" to force her views on all us, but she cant do it like she was.
She will probably "militarize" local health depts to enact rules such as mask mandates, capacity limits, etc.
Oakland Co health dept already decreed that everyone has to wear a mask when outside (!!!!) in that county.
Here in lies the problem IMO. We are not the "United" States Of America,, with a single "leadership" guided approach to this pandemic. We are 50 separate states all fighting the same problem. 48 of which share borders, connected by road, rivers, lakes, and such. But would anyone care to pull up stats on the two states that don't share borders with the rest for discussion??
In the beginning "Late February" everyone looked to the CDC and the White House for guidance daily, and followed whatever was proposed without question. Then Washington said "lets throw Three Trillion Dollars at the issue, and see if that fixes it.." By the way, everyone stay home for 15 days and wait for your free money. But don't rush out an spend it please... Then soon as that 15 days was up, our President says, "I'm out, it up to the governors to decide when to reopen each state.." Half a week later he was praising Florida for getting back to business. Some call that passing the buck, while I call it the death nail in likely a half a million American coffins before this deal is done.. Why not own it master problem solver??
There is no way to stop the spread between cities once you remove a central point of command. People in one state may be vigilant, while others ignore all warning and do as they please. Like travel... An early example of this I witnessed first hand, and realized this upcoming issue back in first of April. When I drove from Ohio to Florida and back during the lock-down period, the roads were dead scary empty, until I reach Florida. I was checked at the boarder and ask where I was traveling from. Everyone from NJ or NY got a "Please pull to the side tent for your free Covid-19 test.." Once inside Florida, barely noticed a difference from when I'd left first of March. Also the first major resurgence was in what state??
Now you have NY and NJ recovering, and FL, TX, LA, CA all hot spots. While I stayed holed up on the boarder of WV, which was like watching the Tortoise and the Snare, with WV being so slow they couldn't catch a case.. Now Five months later, the snare is still ahead, but this safe haven of the country I was hanging out in is now catching up on your best per cap numbers. Mostly because everyone got tiered of waiting for something that just never seemed to show up, until it just showed up everywhere.. My wife does contact tracing, and I say "why are you even wasting good time chasing your tails?" It''s over, ya lost control, spend that time inspecting the restaurants nobody has safety checked in past 8 freaking months...
I understand we can't expect to compete with island nations like AU or NZ in realistic apples to apples comparison. They just shut the doors and 99% of the problem was solved same day. Or heck, how about North Korea? Let me say ya gotta give Lil Kim kudos on his performance with this one. Probably the safest place on this rock right now from covid... If you get covid, you just die of a gunshot before even needing oxygen. Pretty simple record keeping on his part I'd say. But as for US compared to India or China, we're way upside down no matter how you count the beans. Personally I see no chance of correction before a vaccine hits. We ain't gonna shut down again like Israel, France, or even as the UK is considering doing. Never happen. In the words of Lewis Black, "You're All F-ked"
