Delaware’s Budget No Longer Operative. In fact, right now, the total impact is unknowable. I may be the only one, but I’m not upset that the Delaware General Assembly has not yet planned some sort of virtual reopening. First of all, it’s not easy. 62 legislators, staff, and a system that is not geared for this. It hasn’t happened before. And just what would they do? Whatever work the Joint Finance Committee did likely no longer applies. It appears that, for now, the governor has enough executive authority to keep things running. Yes, they need to address the financial issues and those attendant issues stemming from the pandemic. Maybe they’ll even help close the budget gap with additional taxes on Delaware’s wealthiest (It is a new world, after all). But I don’t see why they can’t accomplish what they need to accomplish if they get back by June.
Trump Punts: States On Their Own On Reopening And Testing. The federal testing ”program’, which is essentially KMAG YOYO, has been an abject failure. Could anyone have imagined any President simply not addressing the key issue in a pandemic? Not to mention enabling a wild west war on securing essential supplies. I guess his final defense will be “I didn’t do anything, so how could it be my fault?” Well, he’s doing something. He’s sending ventilators to Russia.
Everything Falls Apart, Ctd. The carnage count: 671,425 confirmed cases and 33,286 confirmed deaths in the US.
Pro-Trump Protesters Demand States Reopen. Their battle cry?: ‘You have to disobey’. Most protests feature guns and no social distancing. An exercise in self-extinction? Fear of schadenfreude prevents me from speculating.
OSHA Guarantees That Vulnerable ‘Essential’ Workers Will Be Infected. What better time to roll back worker protections than during a pandemic?
Are Positive Tests Flat Because The Curve Is Flattening…Or…: …is the curve flattening because testing remains flat? This article makes a strong case for the latter. Weeks into this, and we’re only doing 145,000 tests daily, and has remained at that level since April 1.
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