The state of Minnesota has reported 869 deaths from the COVID-19 virus since January.
Of that amount, only eight did not live in congregate care facilities or did not have underlying health conditions such as morbid obesity or hypertension.
Over in South Dakota, they reported no deaths today. They stand at 57 deaths per million.
In Wisconsin, they stand at 510 deaths, which is 87 deaths per million of population. They reported just three deaths today.
In Texas, the state with the second-most population in the U.S., they are at 1,527 deaths. This represents 53 COVID deaths per million in a state with over 29 million people.
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Meanwhile, in Minnesota, we've suffered 156 deaths per million people of population - again, mostly in nursing homes.
And lest anyone forgets, Stearns County was declared a COVID "Hot Spot" on May 4, a full 20 days ago, when the state reported the first two COVID deaths in our county.
Although we may disagree with how governors have exercised their emergency powers, they do have them and calling them illegal or unconstitutional is incorrect. Here's the chapter that gives Walz the authority to issue the EOs he has. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/cite/12
ReplyDeleteSpecifically, "... In performing duties under this chapter and to effect its policy and purpose, the governor may ... cooperate with the president and the heads of the armed forces, the Emergency Management Agency of the United States and other appropriate federal officers and agencies, ... including the direction or control of the conduct of persons in the state, including entrance or exit from any stricken or threatened public place, occupancy of facilities, and the movement and cessation of movement of pedestrians, vehicular traffic, and all forms of private and public transportation during, prior, and subsequent to drills or actual emergencies ... public meetings or gatherings."
ReplyDeleteAll of Waltz orders follow the CDC's social distancing guidelines.