Up until today, per the CDC, all of Michigan and indeed the majority of the country at large were considered to be areas of "High" or "Substantial" Covid risk and thus per CDC rules had to use masks in schools, indoors. etc for 95% of the country. Nice and scary.
Then the polls were read. The midterm elections grow ever closer.
Now, the CDC has suddenly decided to change how Covid is measured.
Nothing has actually changed with our Covid numbers in the past couple days. But now we have new friendly pandemic risk metrics and just like that, suddenly 70% of Americans no longer need to mask up per the CDC. Quite a drop to 30% from 95% the day before, neh?
Now it is time for figures to lie and liars to figure to make everything happy again. What was an area claimed to have a substantial or high risk of death yesterday is now a friendly low risk area today.
It's a medical miracle, really, quite simply astonishing.
The Detroit Free Press: CDC's new COVID-19 metrics plunge majority of Michigan into medium risk category.
This takes 66 out of 83 Michigan counties out of the substantial/high risk zone that they were all in under the old scary metric just a day ago, and puts 12 of them into the really friendly low risk zone and 54 into the pretty comfy medium no mask zone under the new measurement. Suddenly case rates of Covid no longer matter.
An amazing change pretty much overnight, totally unconnected to the upcoming midterms, nor to any actual change in any facts on the ground.
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Funny, our school board, which has been in a battle with some angry parents for quite a while now, dropped the mandate a couple weeks ago. Couldn't possibly be because several of those angry parents are running for the 3 boards seats coming open in this tear could it?
Our school board just announced it today, as our County Health Department just dropped their mask requirements given the new CDC guidelines even as they still "recommend" masking.
Hey Aaron;
Of course, their "Benefactor" is going to take it in the teeth because of the lockdowns and now they are going to try to give some political cover to the Donks to try to save a few seats in the midterm..
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