Gov. Whitmer's shutdown order was open to lots of interpretation as to what's both an essential service and what is considered an outdoor recreational activity exempt from the shut down. Some of her decisions as to what should or should not be shut down are becoming rather head-scratching as to the whys and wherefores.
One would think that golf, a game that can easily be played with the players maintaining a six foot distance from each other, would be a no-brainer to be kept open. Especially as golf is rather big in Michigan and good for the economy to have some activity, and its good for people to get outside and enjoy themselves a bit in these tense times, right?
Not so much:
The Detroit Free Press: Whitmer: No golf, can returns; laundromats OK in shutdown
Gotta love arbitrary and nonsensical closing orders.
Maybe she just doesn't like golf.
Personally I think golf is a waste of a perfectly good rifle range, but I don't begrudge others their recreational activities of choice.
On top of that, she has threatened any physician who dares prescribe Plaquenil (hydroxychloroquine) and a Z-Pak (azithromycin) to treat Coronavirus with action against their license and telling pharmacists not to fill such prescriptions.
The Detroit News: Opinion: Michigan’s doctors fight coronavirus, and governor's office
Another arbitrary denial, likely resulting from untreated TDS. Since Plaquenil and Z-Pak seem like a promising treatment, its a darn shame our governor has taken them off the table for people in this state. The governor is improperly substituting her judgment over that of medical professionals for no reason other than politics and people will suffer for it.
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Assuming that I had the WuFlu and was hospitalized and put on a ventilator with a 1% chance of coughing my lungs out and dying. Or taking Plaquenil and Z-pak under a doctor's supervision, I know what I would choose.
Nuke Road Warrior: Yep, Apparently the treatment does work, even if it has yet to be rigorously clinically tested.
There's no valid reason for such a blanket prohibition from the governor on a potentially life-saving treatment. Unless you count Trump Derangement Syndrome as a reason.
I don't really understand just where a governor gets their power to tell doctors that they can't prescribe any medication for their patients. I thought it was a federal issue that was handled by both the FDA and the DEA.
I live here in Michigan, so nothing Gretchen Whitless does actually surprises me. Her fix the damn roads promise, where she proposed a .45 cents per gallon tax increase was just one of a string of her administrations moves that make you scratch your head and go, hmmm. Her attorney general has done a few curious things, as well.
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