N.M. Gov. Grisham responds to president's plan to reopen economy

[left-of-center2012]

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham responded to the Trump administration's plan to reopen the economy.

“The White House – like states across the country, including ours – is considering what a plan to reopen our economy might look like. We appreciate their suggestions, and we will evaluate them thoroughly, but the plain overriding fact is we cannot put the cart before the horse. As CDC, FEMA, and public health experts across the country have made clear, we are not at a point currently where it would be safe to reopen, and doing so prematurely would undo the heroic work of our health workers and first responders, endanger many more people and essentially guarantee enhanced transmission of the virus, leading to more illness and death.

Indeed, just today, we saw the highest single-day COVID-related death toll in our state. Every one of these cases is a tragedy. Every one of the victims and their families and loved ones are in my prayers. And as a state, we mourn with those families. The sad reality is we will see more; that’s the awful nature of this virus, and that’s why we absolutely must keep up our vigorous social distancing efforts, difficult as it is to sacrifice our sense of normalcy. We are flattening the curve – but we can’t stop now.

Please know that my administration is working doggedly to develop robust economic recovery plans alongside a plan for a thoughtful, staged and flexible reopening of our state – and the moment we can safely implement those plans, they will be implemented with the same dedication and focus that we are using to contain this pandemic. But first things first ...”

https://www.kob.com/new-mexico-news/gov-lujan-grisham-responds-to-presidents-plan-to-reopen-economy/5702562/?cat=500

[gibraltar72]

1. But But Dr. Oz says

[ProfessorGAC]

3. The Next Time I Listen To Oz...

...is when he says "I'm a know-nothing charlatan and I'm departing from the public eye."
Until then, not so much.

[SammyWinstonJack]

8. +1000000!

[Ferrets are Cool]

4. Who?

[Initech]

13. As Jerry Seinfeld said:

"2%??? They can kiss 2% of my ass!!!".

[Hugin]

16. "Dr" Oz also says ventilators are killing people.

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He is definitely NOT a Doctor of Statistics.

The reason more people seem to be dying while they've been on a ventilator is that they are already in the most endangered category. Of course, statistically more of them don't make it. It's just like limited testing... If you only test the sickest people, it increases the morbidity of the sickness.

I used to suspect he is a quack. Now, I'm sure he's a quack.

[smirkymonkey]

2. K&R

I can't wait to see his head explode when state and local governments - and even businesses - defy his orders. He can't force anyone to do shit. He is impotent. The cult will see his weakness, finally.

[Grokenstein]

12. Nah. Few shall ever escape the cult.

They'll just go Full Teabagger on state and local governments for not bowing to the will of the Emperor.
Expect more utterly-insane DeVos protests.

I was having an argument years ago with some moron (on deviantArt of all places) when one of his lickspittles came bellowing at me with some horseshit story about Occupy Wall Street protesters blocking ambulances so her husband couldn't get his vital transplant. (The organ wasn't identified. Even now, Google turns up no such stories, but there IS one about an impatient driver breaking up an OWS protest by lying about an approaching ambulance.) Then the moron immediately blocked me so I couldn't challenge the obvious baloney. I really want to go back and ask them how this tickles their pickles.

[alittlelark]

5. Our governor has done a Great job here !!

[gibraltar72]

6. Where is here?

[left-of-center2012]

9. Profile says ...

Hometown: Albuquerque, NM

[gibraltar72]

10. I was asking alittlelark sorry for the confusion I knew where you were. I follow your stuff pretty c

[alittlelark]

17. 'Here' is in NM - as my profile states.

[2naSalit]

7. K&R

[Pepsidog]

11. This didn't need to be so horrifying. Trump, Murdoch, and McConnell are soaked in blood.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

14. She's turning out to be a great governor.

Moved very quickly on closing things down, and for the most part the pandemic is quasi under control. At the moment the huge problem is the northwest part of the state and the Navajo reservation. Poor services, lots of people there have no running water, stuff like that. She's trying very hard to get the problems addressed.