In early June, North Carolina officials informed the Republican Party that, given the COVID-19 pandemic, they would be requiring those attending the GOP convention, which had been scheduled to start August 24 in Charlotte, to follow certain public health safeguards. This apparently did not sit well with Donald Trump, who, according to multiple sources, told […]
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Florida ramps up the negligent homicide bodycount in the run-up to the GOP convention
Posted in Health, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged Charlotte, coronavirus, COVID-19, crowds, dereliction of duty, Donald Trump, Floria, GOP, Jacksonville, malfeasance, masks, Nancy Pelosi, narcissism, negligent homicide, North Carolina, pandemic, public education, Republican National Convention, RNC, Ron DeSantis, Roy Cooper, social distancing 430 Comments
Trump threatens to cut funding for schools that don’t reopen
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) rolled out a 9-page checklist for school districts, listing things that, in their judgment, would need to be done before schools could safely be reopened to children. These guidelines, in the words of CNN’s Ana Cabrera, encourage, among other things, “staggered scheduling, a back-up staffing plan, modified seating […]
Posted in Education, Health, Michigan, Uncategorized Also tagged 2020, 2020 election, Andrew Cuomo, CDC, coronavirus, COVID-19, Deborah Birx, Donald Trump, Eugene Gu, Gretchen Whitmer, Hydroxychloroquine, Joe Biden, Karen Pence, MI Safe Schools, MI Safe Schools: Return to School Roadmap, Michael Cohen, Paul Manafort, public education, public health, public safety, schools, threats 27 Comments
Trump supporters protest against public health in Lansing
There was a protest against Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer in Lansing today… I get it. People want to put this behind them and get back to business-as-usual. They want to go back to work. They want a return of some kind of normalcy. And, apparently, they think that’ll happen if Governor Whitmer just lifts her […]
Posted in Free Speech, Health, Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized Also tagged 1918 flu, anti-science, Confederate flag, coronavirus, Corporate Crime, corporate speech, COVID-19, DeVos, Donald Trump, double-peaked curve, flatten the curve, Gretchen Whitmer, guns, hair dye, Howard Markel, Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation, Lansing, MAGA, Michigan Conservative Coalition, Michigan Freedom Fund, Monica, Monica Echeverri Casarez, motor boat, Ohio, pandemic, protest, public health, shelter in place, social distancing, zombies 261 Comments