Michigan has issues and the Republicans are (always) part of the problem. Since Alabama and Mississippi seem to be sitting on a lot of vaccine, Biden should give Whitmer and Michigan a little more as long as Michigan can push out the vaccine it has in stock.
I wonder how many people went on Spring Break to places like Florida and Texas? That uptick in cases might line up with Spring Break in COVID states.
I think this is an important question. There are people in Michigan who want vaccinations. They are not responsible for their Governorâs mistakes. If there are doses available, itâs the Governorâs job to get them dispensed. I believe the feds have offered help in the form of more vaccinators.
But if Michigan has exhausted, or is on the brink of exhausting its allocated supply, thatâs a different matter. The first priority has to be getting people vaccinated. If some states (Mississippi) are not dispensing doses quickly, then divert some of their allocation to Michigan until they (Mississippi) catch up. That seems perfectly equitable to me.
Huh? What mistakes. Thereâs a surge happening here involving one of the deadlier, more contagious variants. More people than anticipated are now getting Covid, and more MIchiganders need to get vaccinated ASAP before it gets worse.
Sheâs just trying to deal with this latest reality and getting no help at all from the republican legislature, which continues to play its nasty little political games. Most of us are on her side and doing what we can to continue to wear masks and social distance and stay out of crowded places.
Google lockdown and Michigan.
Results not found.
The rest of us should not be paying for their failures, if they want extra doses at the expense of responsible people, they can lock the fuck down, then we can talk.
The MI Supreme Court ruled against her. What do you suggest?
The legislature and the court need the thousands-of-tombstones-on-their-lawns treatment. But of course that would require media coverage.
This is a good idea, but it wonât do enough right now, and Iâm not even sure what it can do. We need to clean house and get the districts redrawn so that they better reflect the makeup of the state. Dems are definitely underrepresented with the current map.
Act Blue:
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Meanwhile in Fort Lauderdale, Floriduh:
And Florida is one of the five states where Covid is surging. Sickening.
Warning: Covid doesnât care about politics or religion.
Others in this thread have cited things they consider mistakes or failures by Whitmer, and would punish people who need and want vaccinations for those things. My point is that Whitmerâs actions, whatever they might be, are not relevant to the problem. I tried to say that without picking a fight with anyone. Guess I missed.
Sorry, but sheâs been targeted by republicans since this begin. Kidnapping, anyone? Witches?
She has done everything right. Sheâs tryng to keep us safe, and we appreciate that and thank her.
I shudder to think how things would have been with a republican governor.
She can argue with Biden and not get shafted. She can argue with her legislature and still get vindictive backstabbing.
Michigan is a hot spot because it is seeing variants. If you want those variants to spread keep allotments as they are. If you want to slow down the spread of the variants, send the vaccines where they are.
Itâs interesting that the Republicans on the committee objected to someone who had represented the Obama administration in an action over the obvious conflict of interest of Brian Kemp as secretary of state of Georgia overseeing practices that affected his ability to win votes for governor.
Hundreds of Floridians marching for the free speech of ignoramuses.
Letâs be honest âŚthey are marching for the right to die and to kill.
Yes, indeed. Michigan is responsible for its government. It has elected judges, who ruled her safety measures unconstitutional.
The NYT article carefully avoided the past history saying that Gov. Whitmer only asked for voluntary public safety measures, as if she had inexplicably wimped out.
Iâm not willing to sacrifice so that Michiganders can better live out their MAGA fantasies.
Pretty much like Arizona. Covid refugees being airlifted to our-of-State hospitals.
i know it is a hard problem to allocate efficiently, but this is all i have gotten locally for weeks. I did follow the instructions to find a vaccine outside the area, but it does indicate to me we have not saturated all the markets in the state.
None of the locations in your search currently have appointments available for COVID-19 vaccines. Please try another zip code or city within the state in which youâre eligible, or check back soon for available appointments.
