Thursday, April 23, 2020

Open the Economy"? We're getting more COVID cases than ever!

On the day before RW Astroturfers put together a clown show on the Capitol steps to "Open the Economy", we get this bit of news.


The last two days have been the first in Wisconsin two with more than 200 new cases. It's not what you want.
And many are work-related, especially in the 920.


And yet the business oligarchs say "trust us, not the health data."

At this point, not only should we not do a major reopening of the economy, we might need the state to step in and shut some of these hotspots down. If our state's lousy business owners would get out of the way, we'd actually be having fewer new cases, and would be closer to reopening the economy.

These RW goofs are way out of step with mainstream Wisconsin, as shown again by this newly-released poll from Public Policy Polling. Not only does Governor Evers have a 53-37 "approve vs disapprove", but this answer is especially telling.

What should be done about social distancing measures
We are doing the right thing 53%
We should relax them 23%
We should go further 21% (!)

3/4 of the state thinks we are fine, or should have even more restrictions. And almost as many think we should be more restrictive vs having fewer restrictions.

Maybe more of the talk radio in this state should reflect the 3/4 that gives a damn about people outside of themselves, instead of giving all this air time to the loud and selfish 1/4. Just a thought.

2 comments:

  1. An algorithm to assess risk. That sounds like a recipe for disaster. What variables would WMC use in that algorithm? And what exactly is "assessing risk?" Risk is a relative measure and not an absolute. I would bet they will come up with "low" "medium" and "high" ratings that are completely impossible to interpret.

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  2. The update just given to the Milwaukee Board by Milwaukee County Health Commissioner said they have now identified 40 individuals with election related Covid.

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