Mississippi governor says he changed his mind on reopening after increase in coronavirus cases

[brooklynite]

Source: CNN

Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said today that he had planned to announce the reopening of certain businesses but decided against it after the state reported its largest increase new cases.

He said the number of cases increased after the state received new information on previous deaths and tests.

"This thing is not over, we are not out of the woods yet," he said. "We have to stay flexible."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/us-coronavirus-update-05-01-20/h_3c01b77f722303d9eded51e19abf1ccf

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Liberate Mississippi!

[PatSeg]

1. Wow, some actual sanity from a red state?

[alp227]

7. Changes the meaning of "thank God for Mississippi" nt

[Hestia]

13. That is great!

[sakabatou]

2. He was warned before hand, wasn't he?

[msongs]

3. cue the white supremacy trump rallies tomorrow morning nt

[NoRoadUntravelled]

4. Yes! This is good news.

[The Magistrate]

5. Damn, Skippy!

A Mississippi Republican learning something....

Too dark here to see the pigs, but the must be doing formation aerobatics overhead....

[elleng]

6. "This thing is not over."

No sh*t, sherlock.

[Leghorn21]

8. This move really surprised me, this gov seemed to be cray as hell

Might be the best news of the week...shocking in AT LONG LAST a good way

Props to you, gov Tate

[htuttle]

10. Right? He was all 'Imma gonna leave this all to gawd" a few weeks ago

[Demovictory9]

9. k&r

[Cha]

11. Yeah, CV has a way of messing

with the best laid plans.

[keithbvadu2]

12. But he prayed.

[larwdem]

14. wow

give them enough rope and they hang them self's. But ppl are die ing too

[Thekaspervote]

15. Trouble in paradise!

[Aussie105]

16. Smart move.

Don't open up if your new case numbers are high.

No politician with a hint of a moral compass wants to be accused of trading people's lives for economic factors, or peoples' convenience.

Any relaxing of preventative rules is going to see an uptick in cases, guaranteed. Wave two. Don't start wave 2 if wave 1 is still happening.

Meanwhile, in my part of the world, South Australia, we have had ZERO new cases in the last 8 days.
The state and country are still in lockdown.
Pays to be cautious.

Even if businesses here go back to normal, I'd staying in self imposed isolation for another week, just in case there is a wave 2 here.

[murielm99]

17. I'm staying in isolation for

at least a month after they open things. My husband and I make only essential trips outside our home.

And our governor, JB Pritzker, is doing an excellent job. I still don't want to run around pretending things are "back to normal." There is no normal.

[Roc2020]

23. Exactly. Pre covid 19 normal

is not coming back until a vaccine is found.

[DBoon]

24. "No politician with a hint of a moral compass"

eliminates most republicans these days

[bucolic_frolic]

18. Risking the Wrath of Trump

Flexibility is not a Republican virtue.

[snpsmom]

19. I bet

no armed protesters will be showing up to try to intimidate him, though.

[Grammy23]

20. Here in Florida, a lot of places are opening back up. Among them, some beaches.

As might be predicted, with temps in the mid 80s and abundant sunshine, people flocked to the beaches here in NW Florida. Lots of pent up energy and besides, they got cheated out of spring break, right?

So our grand experiment continues. We’ll see how our Covid-19 numbers look in a couple of weeks. Might I add, my husband and I did not join the throngs of people eager to soak up some rays while lolling on a sandy beach towel. We are both 71 and would kind of like to make it to 72 (or higher). So we kept our old asses at home.

[katmondoo]

21. Me too. I am not going anywhere except to the grocery store early in the mornings.

I live in Northern Florida near Georgia and this scares me.

[Roc2020]

22. These red states republicans are going to learn the hard way that

This virus has no political affiliation. What gets this virus happy is crowds of people. So open up red states and crowd along...and see what happens.

[Aristus]

25. Too bad you couldn't have changed your mind before people got sick.

Fucktwaddle...

[BumRushDaShow]

26. MS is almost 40% black

He would be risking losing a significant portion of that population if he had gone forward.

And then here is something that is rich from another article...

Gov. Reeves: Spike in Mississippi coronavirus cases delays more reopenings
Clarion Ledger Published 2:01 p.m. CT May 1, 2020 | Updated 2:58 p.m. CT May 1, 2020


/snip

The state Legislature reconvened on Friday afternoon, to try to assert its control over spending $1.25 billion in federal CARES Act money for the state's coronavirus expenses. Reeves has said he has authority to spend the funds, but lawmakers say such spending is constitutionally the Legislature's responsibility.

Reeves in his briefing criticized the Legislature's move as a political power grab that could delay relief spending getting to those who need it "over petty political differences."

/snip

https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/2020/05/01/watch-gov-tate-reeves-mississippi-coronavirus-update-friday/3065612001/

GOP vs GOP?

[AllaN01Bear]

27. good on the gov for THINKING.

[onetexan]

28. My guess is he figured out that the WHO & Dr. Fauci are more trustworthy re: covid.

[Progressive Jones]

29. The gun totin' yokels aren't going to like this. NT

[Bengus81]

30. So...those Trump NAZI's with AR-15's and Confederate flags going to march on the Capital??

If they don't they're fucking hypocrites. Oh wait....Republican Governor.

[qwlauren35]

31. The Yokels don't care

if the governor is Republican. Hogan is getting sued, and there have been small rallies.

Some people just want to die.

[Bucky]

32. Every Republican office holder has a "body count number" it takes to wake up

So when a state elects a Republican official, they need to know how many people have to die before their governor or senator starts doing his damn job and takes responsibility for a pandemic, natural disaster, racial violence, or some other event threatening the public.