Author: gerd

Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer had banned the sale of seeds and soil, restricted hydroxychloroquine, placed most of her state under de-facto house arrest and is seeking to extend restrictions, despite exploding bankruptcies, suicides and food shortages. The draconian measures amid empty hospitals and skyrocketing unemployment have sparked massive protests. Now Michigan’s legislature is refusing to extend her overreach.

Michigan House Won’t Extend State of Emergency, Votes to Sue Gov. Gretchen Whitmer Instead https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/04/30/michigan-house-wont-extend-state-of-emergency-votes-to-sue-gov-gretchen-whitmer-instead/

Remember that the goal of the shutdowns was to stay home for two weeks, to “flatten the curve”, i.e. prevent hospitals from getting overrun. Not to bankrupt most businesses and lock everybody up for several years until nobody dies anymore or some potential vaccine may or may not be available (keep in mind, that in the case of HIV we are still waiting for that – after 30 years).

A look at the numbers makes unmistakeably clear that the models were unbelievably wrong, that the curve has been flattened way past the goal, that we have more hospital capacity than the Wuhan-virus requires and that we ARE ready to go back to normal. Right now.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/23/instead-of-flattening-the-curve-we-flattened-hospitals-doctors-and-the-u-s-health-care-system/

https://reason.com/2020/04/22/shouldnt-covid-19s-lethality-inform-the-response-to-it/

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/494949-we-can-protect-the-most-vulnerable-and-reopen-the-economy

Hospitals are empty and laying off staff. Saving lives requires ending the shutdowns immediately.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/30/rigid_lockdowns_imperil_public_health_im_in_a_position_to_know_143071.html

“Frankly, I would call it forcible imprisoning of people in their homes against all of their constitutional rights.” Tesla Motors and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk was very direct about how he views the imprisonment of millions of Americans.

The measures were originally justified with the goal of “flattening the curve”, i.e. spreading out infections enough to allow hospital capacity to keep up. As this goal has long been over-accomplished, the narrative has since shifted in places that want to keep the lockdowns in place, despite drastically corrected data.

“If somebody wants to stay in their house, that’s great and they should be able to,” Musk continued, “but to say that they cannot leave their house and they will be arrested if they do, this is fascist.  This is not democratic, this is not freedom, give people back their goddamn freedom.”

Musk’s sentiment is shared by a growing number of Americans, as the house-arrest-like lockdowns and restrictions keep getting extended without a clear end in sight, despite the fact that these measures slow down developing desperately needed herd-immunity and are therefore considered counterproductive by many experts.

While a growing number of Americans are wondering whether they will ever regain full freedom, it is encouraging to see influential people like Musk passionately voice what millions in our country think.

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/what-fk-conference-call-meltdown-elon-musk-blasts-fascist-shelter-place-orders

https://www.spiked-online.com/2020/04/29/delaying-herd-immunity-is-costing-lives/

Protests across the country have swayed several governors stance on counterproductive shutdowns. An encouraging sign that We The People do have power.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/04/29/re-opening_america_may_fall_to_citizens.html

Texas Governor Greg Abbott is among the brave governors who are responding to the corrected Wuhan-Coronavirus models and are reopening their states. Sadly, it won’t be a full reopening yet, but it is a significant step in the right direction and should encourage other states as well.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/28/will-texas-lead-the-american-resurgence-from-coronavirus-lockdown/

Daniel G. Murphy, M.D., a physician on the Wuhan-Coronavirus frontlines at a hospital in the Bronx explains from a medical perspective, why lockdowns and distancing are counterproductive at this point. His conclusion: the sooner we stop being afraid and the sooner we go back to normal (not some eerie “new normal”), the better off we all will be.

https://nypost.com/2020/04/27/ive-worked-the-coronavirus-front-line-and-i-say-its-time-to-start-opening-up/

Rallies to end endless shutdowns are showing effect and starting bring common sense back to the Capitol.

https://tennesseestar.com/2020/04/28/hundreds-rally-at-the-state-capitol-from-across-the-state-in-support-of-the-freetn-movement/

“You have to go back and think about why we closed down in the first place,” Governor Kevin Stitt says.

Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt is among the few who remember that the point of the shutdowns was to “flatten the curve” (i.e. slow the process of herd immunization by exposure to the virus enough to ensure that hospital capacity remains available for the few cases with complications), not to wait until nobody ever dies anymore, or a vaccine is ready. As this goal has been accomplished in his state (as in the vast majority of states), he is doing the right thing by lifting the restrictions.

https://thefederalist.com/2020/04/27/saying-lockdowns-must-last-until-mass-testing-or-a-vaccine-is-absurd/

https://tennesseestar.com/2020/04/26/gov-cuomo-says-trump-was-right-to-take-on-world-health-organization/

Democratic party chairman Tom Perez stated that the party is planning to have a traditional in-person convention to nominate their candidate for President in August. https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-expect-in-person-convention-party-chairman-says_3326599.html

India eases Wuhan-Coronavirus lockdown, allowing some shops to reopen on limited basis as Modi preaches virtues of ‘self-reliance’ https://www.rt.com/news/486864-india-relax-coronavirus-lockdown/