PHOTO: You wanna know bad this CoronaVirus is? THIS BAD

Yes folks, these are dead corpses from the coronavirus, the image has been altered to protect privacy.

That my friends is a refrigerated trailer and yes, those are dead bodies.

The Story via Buzzfeed:

The 38-year-old registered nurse at a Manhattan hospital was nearing the end of his shift Sunday morning when he stepped toward the building’s ambulance bay.

There, a giant refrigerator truck was sitting, ready to carry away those who had died from complications of COVID-19. He walked up to the truck, opened the latch, and snapped a picture.

“I took it to show to people,” said the emergency room nurse. “It is the ghastly reality of what we deal with and where some of us have ended up already.” He asked that neither he nor his hospital be identified for fear of repercussions. BuzzFeed News altered the image to blur the names of the deceased.

Earlier Saturday night, he had sat with a patient and held her hand as she took her last breath. Now, her body lay inside the truck.

“I never had the patience to sit with somebody I’d just met until they took their last breath. But I really liked this lady’s cardigan and pajamas so I decided to stay and get to know her a little,” he said over text message. “Her hair was elegantly done with a sharp, meticulous clip and casually pulled up with a bandana that matched her house clothes. Perhaps if she’d covered her face with it instead, she wouldn’t have ended up here in the first place. But she didn’t die alone.”

One of the many unique horrors of the coronavirus is that its victims are frequently forced to die alone, isolated from relatives and friends, because of its high infection rate.

The nurse’s patient was 71 and otherwise healthy. He described how she gasped for air as she died. He said she had tested positive about a week ago and was sent home, only to return on Saturday with shortness of breath. She asked not to be intubated, and died overnight.

As of Saturday night in New York City, 672 people are known to have died from COVID-19 since the coronavirus outbreak began, with well over 30,000 known to be infected. Hospitals around the city are stretched to the limit, handling a constant influx of patients while running dangerously low on personal protective equipment like masks and gowns for doctors and nurses.

The nurse described a horrific Catch-22. “If we are covid positive, we are expected to work for as long as we are asymptomatic. However we cannot get tested unless we are symptomatic,” he said. “They don’t want to test us because, at the rates we are exposed, we are likely all sick and we don’t know it.”

“We are rationed personal protective equipment to absurdity,” the nurse said. He said they were given “one disposable mask and one disposable gown that we must sign out for, that is expected to be used for five 12-hour shifts before they will be replaced.”

Governor Andrew Cuomo has pledged to deliver more supplies for doctors and nurses, and said his office was “actively looking into” whether CDC guidelines on their use were sufficient. The nurse described a chaotic situation at his hospital, with ever changing rules. “Everything changes from day to day at work,” he said. “They are scrambling to figure out what to do as we go.”

“A week ago we were instructed to take off our masks at work. Now we are being instructed to wear them at all times because so many of us are testing positive.”

Texting on Sunday morning, he said he had to go to sleep, because another long shift awaited him. He couldn’t get the images of the truck out of his head.

“Maybe as a Jew i relate it to all of the Holocaust footage because that’s my only point of reference for such an image of humans,” he said. “[N]ever seen something quite like it.”

This gives me the chills, and those who say that this is being overblown and even a Hoax; are fools. Stay safe my friends.

 

Michigan Coronavirus Update: 111 deaths, 4,650 positive cases

The story comes via WXYZ-TV:

(WXYZ) — There are now 111 deaths and 4,650 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Michigan, state officials announced Saturday.

That’s up from 92 deaths and 3,657 cases that were reported on Friday. Detroit has the largest number of positive cases in the state: 1,377.

The age range of the cases are:

0 to 19 years 1%
20 to 29 years 8%
30 to 39 years 13%
40 to 49 years 17%
50 to 59 years 19%
60 to 69 years 20%
70 to 79 years 14%
80+ years 8%

On Friday, President Donald Trump approved Michigan’s disaster declaration. The declaration ordered federal assistance to supplement state, tribal and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the coronavirus pandemic beginning on January 20 and continuing.

This came after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Thursday she had asked President Trump to declare a major disaster in the state.

Whitmer said it will help provide meals to those who need them, provide rental assistance for temporary housing, therapy for residents whose mental health is affected by COVID-19 and much more.

“The only tool we have to fight this is to stay home,” Whitmer said. “It is important that people know this order is not optional and it is not a recommendation.”

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is assessing facilities for the possible conversion into alternate care facilities as part of the effort to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel from FEMA, USACE and state/local emergency management and medical personnel are conducting initial and in-depth site assessments at multiple locations.

Detroit began its drive-thru coronavirus testing on Friday.

Everyone, please, stay safe, stay home and wash your hands, anytime you go outside.

Gunblogger SayUncle needs our prayers

(via Instapundit)

Sayuncle writes:

On March 20th, my beloved wife and mother of my children, unexpectedly went into cardiac arrest. She had never presented any symptoms prior to then.

On March 21st, her doctor informed me that her brain was no longer functioning and there was no chance of recovery.

On March 22nd, in accordance with her wishes outlined in her living will, I authorized the medical staff to remove life support. She passed away peacefully at 8:48am central time while I held her hand. She will be missed.

March 23rd would have been our 18th anniversary.

Say a prayer my friends. 😞

Michigan coronavirus updates: 60 deaths, 2,856 positive cases

This is via WXYZ-TV:

(WXYZ) — There are now 60 deaths and 2,856 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state of Michigan, health officials announced on Thursday.

That’s up from 43 deaths and 2,295 cases that were reported on Wednesday from the day before. Detroit has the largest number of cases with 851.

The age range of the cases are:

0-19 – 1%
20-29 – 7%
30-39 – 12%
40-49 – 16%
50-59 – 19%
60-69 – 21%
70-79 – 15%
80+ – 8%

On Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced she has asked President Trump to declare a major disaster in the state.

If granted, Whitmer said it will help provide meals to those who need them, provide rental assistance for temporary housing, therapy for residents whose mental health is affected by COVID-19 and much more.

As of Tuesday, she said Wayne County had the second highest number of confirmed cases in the United States.

Michigan ranked fifth in the nation for positive cases.

“The only tool we have to fight this is to stay home,” Whitmer said. “It is important that people know this order is not optional and it is not a recommendation.”

On Thursday, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced she has asked President Trump to declare a major disaster in the state.

If granted, Whitmer said it will help provide meals to those who need them, provide rental assistance for temporary housing, therapy for residents whose mental health is affected by COVID-19 and much more.

As of Tuesday, she said Wayne County had the second highest number of confirmed cases in the United States.

Michigan ranked fifth in the nation for positive cases.

“The only tool we have to fight this is to stay home,” Whitmer said. “It is important that people know this order is not optional and it is not a recommendation.”

 

I honestly have no words, please be safe.

As a Born-Again Christian of 37 Years: This here is a load of CRAP!

This below, is one of the biggest things that I utterly HATE about organized Religion: 😡🤬😡🤬😡🤬

Ralph Drollinger, a minister who leads a weekly Bible study group for President Donald Trump’s cabinet, released a new interpretation of the coronavirus pandemic this week, arguing that the crisis represents an act of God’s judgment.

The coronavirus, Drollinger argues in two blog posts and a rambling Bible study guide published in the past few days, is a form of God’s wrath upon nations, but not one as severe as the floods described in the Old Testament or the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah.

“Relative to the coronavirus pandemic crisis, this is not God’s abandonment wrath nor His cataclysmic wrath, rather it is sowing and reaping wrath,” wrote Drollinger. “A biblically astute evaluation of the situation strongly suggests that America and other countries of the world are reaping what China has sown due to their leaders’ recklessness and lack of candor and transparency.

”Neither does he miss a chance to condemn those who worship the “religion of environmentalism” and express a “proclivity toward lesbianism and homosexuality.” These individuals, Drollinger argues in “Is God Judging America Today?”, one of the minister’s posts about coronavirus pandemic, have infiltrated “high positions in our government, our educational system, our media and our entertainment industry” and “are largely responsible for God’s consequential wrath on our nation.”

In the Bible study, Drollinger meanders through scripture, explaining the ways in which God may have caused the coronavirus. In a footnote, he hedges on his previous argument that the virus represents a mild form of God’s wrath, noting that, “We’ll soon see a human cure for the coronavirus.” —- Source: Trump Cabinet Bible Teacher Says China, Gay People to Blame for Coronavirus

This is what Jesus said, really, not what some pinhead, who thinks he’s an authority on what the Lord does:

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloke also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
(Matthew 5:38-48 KJV)

If you really want to know about the end times, read God’s Word for yourself, and don’t listen to idiots, like this. I suggest the Gospels; Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and the Book of Revelation. Need a way to read? Try E-Sword.

 

Michigan Coronavirus Update: 43 deaths, 2,295 infected

This comes via WXYZ-TV:

(WXYZ) — There are now 43 confirmed deaths connected to the COVID-19 pandemic in Michigan.

There are 2,295 total positive cases in the state. That’s up 19 deaths from the previous day and 507 cases. Detroit has the largest number of cases with 705.

The age breakdown is below.

0-19 – 1%
20-29 – 8%
30-39 – 12%
40-49 – 17%
50-59 – 19%
60-69 – 21%
70-79 – 14%
80+ – 8%

View the county breakdown below:

  • Allegan – 1
  • Barry – 1
  • Bay – 3
  • Berrien – 10
  • Calhoun – 6
  • Charlevoix – 4
  • Chippewa – 1
  • Clare – 1
  • Clinton – 6
  • Detroit – 705, 12 deaths
  • Eaton – 3
  • Emmet – 2
  • Genesee – 46
  • Gladwin – 2
  • Grand Traverse – 3
  • Hillsdale – 2
  • Ingham – 18
  • Iosco – 1
  • Isabella – 2
  • Jackson – 12
  • Kalamazoo – 5
  • Kalkaska – 2
  • Kent – 36, 1 death
  • Lapeer – 1
  • Leelanau – 1
  • Lenawee – 1
  • Livingston – 16, 1 death
  • Macomb – 281, 7 deaths
  • Midland – 6
  • Monroe – 18
  • Montcalm – 2
  • Muskegon – 3
  • Newaygo – 1
  • Oakland – 543, 10 deaths
  • Otsego – 6
  • Ottawa – 16
  • Roscommon – 1
  • Saginaw – 9
  • Sanilac – 2
  • St. Clair – 10
  • Tuscola – 2
  • Van Buren – 2
  • Washtenaw – 72, 3 deaths
  • Wayne – 417, 9 deaths
  • Wexford – 1
  • Out of State – 7

Deaths linked to COVID-19 in the United States now total more than 800, including nearly 200 in New York City alone, according to a database kept by Johns Hopkins.

Detroit has the largest number of cases with 705.

On Wednesday, it was announced that a Detroit police captain, identified as Jonathan Parnell, died from COVID-19. Parnell spent decades on the force.

This is the department’s second death from COVID-19, following the death of a civilian dispatcher.

On Tuesday, Beaumont Health said it is facing limitations and nearing capacity with staffing amid the outbreak.

Beaumont says the number of patients coming in continues to increase each day, which is consistent with other hospital systems in Michigan. They say they still have ventilator capacity at this time, but that could change as more people become infected.

As I said yesterday, Stay safe! 

 

Michigan Coronavirus update: 24 Dead, 1,791 infected

Via WXYZ-TV:

(WXYZ) — There are now 24 confirmed deaths as a result of COVID-19 in Michigan.

Currently, there are 1,791 total positive COVID-19 cases in the state. On Monday, 15 deaths and 1,328 positive cases were reported.

Of those, 52% are male and 48% are female.

The age breakdown is below.

0-19 – 1%
20-29 – 8%
30-39 – 13%
40-49 – 17%
50-59 – 20%
60-69 – 21%
70-79 – 13%
80+ – 7%

41 of Michigan’s 83 counties have reported at least one case. Wayne County has the largest total with 873 cases, 563 of which are in the city of Detroit.

One of the state’s deaths has been identified as a 38-year-old man who was a 911 dispatcher for the Detroit Police Department. The employee reportedly traveled out of state and reported not feeling well when he returned.

Officials say he passed away early Monday morning.

On Monday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order requiring non-essential workers to stay at home. The “stay-at-home” order is currently in effect for at least the next three weeks.

Critical services will remain open, and people will be allowed to leave to go to grocery stores, pharmacies, to take care of family members, and you can still go outside for walks, runs, hikes and more. Just maintain social distancing. Also remaining open will be banks, gas stations and more.

Schools will also remain closed until April 13.

If you live in Michigan, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!!!! follow the stay at home order!

Executive order signed by Gov. Whitmer says “Stay Home!”

Okay, first of all, I know what I wrote here, okay? But, this was before the numbers got as bad as this here.

Basically, here is the 411 on the order: (Via WXYZ-TV)

(WXYZ) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a “Stay home, stay safe” executive order on Monday morning, going into effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday and lasting at least three weeks.

Critical services will remain open, and people will be allowed to leave to go to grocery stores, pharmacies, to take care of family members, and you can still go outside for walks, runs, hikes and more. Just maintain social distancing. Also remaining open will be banks, gas stations and more.

Schools will also remain closed until April 13.

Here is the full text of the order: Via Midland Daily News:

No. 2020-21

Temporary requirement to suspend activities that are not necessary to sustain or protect life

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is a respiratory disease that can result in serious illness or death. It is caused by a new strain of coronavirus not previously identified in humans and easily spread from person to person. Older adults and those with chronic health conditions are at particular risk, and there is an increased risk of rapid spread of COVID-19 among persons in close proximity to one another. There is currently no approved vaccine or antiviral treatment for this disease.

On March 10, 2020, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services identified the first two presumptive-positive cases of COVID-19 in Michigan. On that same day, I issued Executive Order 2020-4. This order declared a state of emergency across the state of Michigan under section 1 of article 5 of the Michigan Constitution of 1963, the Emergency Management Act, 1976 PA 390, as amended, MCL 30.401-.421, and the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945, 1945 PA 302, as amended, MCL 10.31-.33.

The Emergency Management Act vests the governor with broad powers and duties to “cop[e] with dangers to this state or the people of this state presented by a disaster or emergency,” which the governor may implement through “executive orders, proclamations, and directives having the force and effect of law.” MCL 30.403(1)-(2). Similarly, the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act of 1945, provides that, after declaring a state of emergency, “the governor may promulgate reasonable orders, rules, and regulations as he or she considers necessary to protect life and property or to bring the emergency situation within the affected area under control.” MCL 10.31(1).

To suppress the spread of COVID-19, to prevent the state’s health care system from being overwhelmed, to allow time for the production of critical test kits, ventilators, and personal protective equipment, and to avoid needless deaths, it is reasonable and necessary to direct residents to remain at home or in their place of residence to the maximum extent feasible.

This order takes effect on March 24, 2020 at 12:01 am, and continues through April 13, 2020 at 11:59 pm.

Acting under the Michigan Constitution of 1963 and Michigan law, I order the following:

  1. This order must be construed broadly to prohibit in-person work that is not necessary to sustain or protect life.
  1. Subject to the exceptions in section 7, all individuals currently living within the State of Michigan are ordered to stay at home or at their place of residence. Subject to the same exceptions, all public and private gatherings of any number of people occurring among persons not part of a single household are prohibited.
  1. All individuals who leave their home or place of residence must adhere to social distancing measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, including remaining at least six feet from people from outside the individual’s household to the extent feasible under the circumstances.
  1. No person or entity shall operate a business or conduct operations that require workers to leave their homes or places of residence except to the extent that those workers are necessary to sustain or protect life or to conduct minimum basic operations.
  1. For purposes of this order, workers who are necessary to sustain or protect life are defined as “critical infrastructure workers,” as described in sections 8 and 9.
  1. For purposes of this order, workers who are necessary to conduct minimum basic operations are those whose in-person presence is strictly necessary to allow the business or operation to maintain the value of inventory and equipment, care for animals, ensure security, process transactions (including payroll and employee benefits), or facilitate the ability of other workers to work remotely.Businesses and operations must determine which of their workers are necessary to conduct minimum basic operations and inform such workers of that designation. Businesses and operations must make such designations in writing, whether by electronic message, public website, or other appropriate means. Such designations, however, may be made orally until March 31, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
  1. Businesses and operations that employ critical infrastructure workers may continue in-person operations, subject to the following conditions:
  1. Consistent with sections 8 and 9, businesses and operations must determine which of their workers are critical infrastructure workers and inform such workers of that designation. Businesses and operations must make such designations in writing, whether by electronic message, public website, or other appropriate means. Such designations, however, may be made orally until March 31, 2020 at 11:59 pm. Businesses and operations need not designate:
  1. Workers in health care and public health.
  1. Workers who perform necessary government activities, as described in section 6.
  1. Workers and volunteers described in section 9(d).
  1. In-person activities that are not necessary to sustain or protect life must be suspended until normal operations resume.
  1. Businesses and operations maintaining in-person activities must adopt social distancing practices and other mitigation measures to protect workers and patrons. Those practices and measures include, but are not limited to:
  1. Restricting the number of workers present on premises to no more than is strictly necessary to perform the business’s or operation’s critical infrastructure functions.
  1. Promoting remote work to the fullest extent possible.
  1. Keeping workers and patrons who are on premises at least six feet from one another to the maximum extent possible, including for customers who are standing in line.
  1. Increasing standards of facility cleaning and disinfection to limit worker and patron exposure to COVID-19, as well as adopting protocols to clean and disinfect in the event of a positive COVID-19 case in the workplace.
  1. Adopting policies to prevent workers from entering the premises if they display respiratory symptoms or have had contact with a person who is known or suspected to have COVID-19.
  1. Any other social distancing practices and mitigation measures recommended by the Centers for Disease Control.
  1. All in-person government activities at whatever level (state, county, or local) that are not necessary to sustain or protect life, or to supporting those businesses and operations that are necessary to sustain or protect life, are suspended.
  1. For purposes of this order, necessary government activities include activities performed by critical infrastructure workers, including workers in law enforcement, public safety, and first responders.
  1. Such activities also include, but are not limited to, public transit, trash pick-up and disposal, activities necessary to manage and oversee elections, operations necessary to enable transactions that support the work of a business’s or operation’s critical infrastructure workers, and the maintenance of safe and sanitary public parks so as to allow for outdoor recreation.
  1. For purposes of this order, necessary government activities include minimum basic operations, as described in section 4(b). Workers performing such activities need not be designated.
  1. Any in-person government activities must be performed consistently with the social distancing practices and other mitigation measures to protect workers and patrons described in section 5(c).
  1. Exceptions.
    1. Individuals may leave their home or place of residence, and travel as necessary:
      1. To engage in outdoor activity, including walking, hiking, running, cycling, or any other recreational activity consistent with remaining at least six feet from people from outside the individual’s household.
  1. To perform their jobs as critical infrastructure workers after being so designated by their employers. (Critical infrastructure workers who need not be designated under section 5(a) may leave their home for work without a designation.)
  1. To conduct minimum basic operations, as described in section 4(b), after being designated to perform such work by their employers.
  1. To perform necessary government activities, as described in section 6.
  1. To perform tasks that are necessary to their health and safety, or to the health and safety of their family or household members (including pets). Individuals may, for example, leave the home or place of residence to secure medication or to seek medical or dental care that is necessary to address a medical emergency or to preserve the health and safety of a household or family member (including procedures that, in accordance with a duly implemented nonessential procedures postponement plan, have not been postponed).
  1. To obtain necessary services or supplies for themselves, their family or household members, and their vehicles. Individuals must secure such services or supplies via delivery to the maximum extent possible. As needed, however, individuals may leave the home or place of residence to purchase groceries, take-out food, gasoline, needed medical supplies, and any other products necessary to maintain the safety, sanitation, and basic operation of their residences.
  1. To care for a family member or a family member’s pet in another household.
  1. To care for minors, dependents, the elderly, persons with disabilities, or other vulnerable persons.
  1. To visit an individual under the care of a health care facility, residential care facility, or congregate care facility, to the extent otherwise permitted.
  1. To attend legal proceedings or hearings for essential or emergency purposes as ordered by a court.
  1. To work or volunteer for businesses or operations (including both and religious and secular nonprofit organizations) that provide food, shelter, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals, individuals who need assistance as a result of this emergency, and people with disabilities.
  1. Individuals may also travel:
    1. To return to a home or place of residence from outside this state.
    2. To leave this state for a home or residence elsewhere.
  1. To travel between two residences in this state.
  2. As required by law enforcement or a court order, including the transportation of children pursuant to a custody agreement.
  1. For purposes of this order, critical infrastructure workers are those workers described by the Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in his guidance of March 19, 2020 on the COVID-19 response (available here). Such workers include some workers in each of the following sectors:
  1. Health care and public health.
  1. Law enforcement, public safety, and first responders.
  1. Food and agriculture.
  1. Energy.
  1. Water and wastewater.
  1. Transportation and logistics.
  1. Public works.
  1. Communications and information technology, including news media.
  1. Other community-based government operations and essential functions.
  1. Critical manufacturing.
  1. Hazardous materials.
  1. Financial services.
  1. Chemical supply chains and safety.
  1. Defense industrial base.
  1. For purposes of this order, critical infrastructure workers also include:
  1. Child care workers (including workers at disaster relief child care centers), but only to the extent necessary to serve the children or dependents of critical infrastructure workers as defined in this order. This category includes individuals (whether licensed or not) who have arranged to care for the children or dependents of critical infrastructure workers.
  1. Workers at designated suppliers and distribution centers, as described below.
  1. A business or operation that employs critical infrastructure workers may designate suppliers, distribution centers, or service providers whose continued operation is necessary to enable, support, or facilitate the work of its critical infrastructure workers.
  1. Such suppliers, distribution centers, or service providers may designate workers as critical infrastructure workers only to the extent those workers are necessary to enable, support, or facilitate the work of the original operation’s or business’s critical infrastructure workers.
  1. Designated suppliers, distribution centers, and service providers may in turn designate additional suppliers, distribution centers, and service providers whose continued operation is necessary to enable, support, or facilitate the work of their critical infrastructure workers.
  1. Such additional suppliers, distribution centers, and service providers may designate workers as critical infrastructure workers only to the extent that those workers are necessary to enable, support, or facilitate the work of the critical infrastructure workers at the supplier, distribution center, or service provider that has designated them.
  1. Businesses, operations, suppliers, distribution centers, and service providers must make all designations in writing to the entities they are designating, whether by electronic message, public website, or other appropriate means. Such designations may be made orally until March 31, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
  1. Businesses, operations, suppliers, distribution centers, and service providers that abuse their designation authority shall be subject to sanctions to the fullest extent of the law.
  1. Workers in the insurance industry, but only to the extent that their work cannot be done by telephone or remotely.
  1. Workers and volunteers for businesses or operations (including both and religious and secular nonprofit organizations) that provide food, shelter, and other necessities of life for economically disadvantaged or otherwise needy individuals, individuals who need assistance as a result of this emergency, and people with disabilities.
  1. Workers who perform critical labor union functions, including those who administer health and welfare funds and those who monitor the well-being and safety of union members who are critical infrastructure workers, provided that any administration or monitoring should be done by telephone or remotely where possible.
  1. Nothing in this order should be taken to supersede another executive order or directive that is in effect, except to the extent this order imposes more stringent limitations on in-person work, activities, and interactions. Consistent with prior guidance, a place of religious worship, when used for religious worship, is not subject to penalty under section 14.
  1. Nothing in this order should be taken to interfere with or infringe on the powers of the legislative and judicial branches to perform their constitutional duties or exercise their authority.
  1. This order takes effect on March 24, 2020 at 12:01 am, and continues through April 13, 2020 at 11:59 pm.
  1. The governor will evaluate the continuing need for this order prior to its expiration. In determining whether to maintain, intensify, or relax its restrictions, she will consider, among other things, (1) data on COVID-19 infections and the disease’s rate of spread; (2) whether sufficient medical personnel, hospital beds, and ventilators exist to meet anticipated medical need; (3) the availability of personal protective equipment for the health-care workforce; (4) the state’s capacity to test for COVID-19 cases and isolate infected people; and (5) economic conditions in the state.
  1. Consistent with MCL 10.33 and MCL 30.405(3), a willful violation of this order is a misdemeanor.

I really don’t like it, but until a cure is discovered or vaccine. This might be the new normal for a while. I just hope people are wise enough to speak out, if this goes on for too long.

Michigan Coronavirus Update: 15 Dead, 1,328 cases

These numbers are getting bad!

Via WXYZ-TV:

(WXYZ) — The number of COVID-19 deaths in Michigan has nearly doubled to 15, the state’s chief medical executive said at a press conference Monday.

According to Dr. Joneigh S. Khaldun, there are also 1,232 cases in the state, up from 1,035 the day before. By the 2:00 p.m. update by the state, that number had increased to 1,328.

The total of new cases reported Monday is 293, with 7 deaths reported, to bring the total to 15.

Khaldun also said there are cases throughout the state, including in the Upper Peninsula.

This not good at all. 🥺😳😵😳Stay safe everyone!

Michigan Coronavirus updates: 1,035 infected, 9 deaths

The infection and death toll is rising. The infection rates are rising due to more testing kits available.

Via WXYZ-TV: