Posted on 06/06/2020 3:59:53 AM PDT by Libloather
No cases of coronavirus have been traced back to protests in Michigan, state officials said Friday, one day after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II took part in a “peaceful unity march" through Highland Park and Detroit.
Some Michiganders who observed photos and video from the event have noted that the governor, who has consistently called for residents to wear masks and keep 6 feet apart to reduce the spread of COVID-19, did not observe that during the march.
On Friday, June 5, Whitmer was asked about the march and if health officials have concerns that the recent protests will lead to an increase in the state’s cases of coronavirus.
She noted that participants “couldn’t always observe 6 feet” of separation given the spacing of the march. But she said "we wore masks the whole time, we had ample use of hand sanitizer, we never shook hands, we didn’t high-five or hug the way that we usually would greet one another.
“I felt it was an important moment to show my support and show a unified leadership out of the executive office of the governor and so the lieutenant governor and I joined," Whitmer said.
(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...
but thousands have probably propogated herd immunity.
Just how many looters, arsonists and rioters has she tested and how did she find them?
Not saying social distancing or lockdowns or masks work. They don't.
But I gotta know how she is able to say what she is saying.
Says the person who went after that 77 year old barber, even though he wore a mask and did other common sense things to keep himself and his customers safe. Very petty and vindictive person indeed.
She is the most vomit-inducing governor there is.
Another empty barrel...
We’ll see come Nov. 3...I’m sick of these assholes and their protest...who has time to spend ten days out in the street!!!
Someone who can count on a government check. Or one from the Soros Rent-a-Mob Agency.
there’s one possibility worth keeping in mind.
as the protests inevitably wind down - out of boredom if nothing else - will we see FakeNewsMSM reports of covid outbreaks in riot cities, which will have to be taken on trust - and calls for contact tracing and renewed shut-downs?
given there are a considerable number of pro-lockdown climate activists among the protesters, i wouldn’t put it past them to go along with such a scam. no need for any proof of anyone even getting a positive test result for it to work. keep a watch.
4 Jun: Politico: Green groups pivot to back protests against police: ‘People see those deep connections’
By ZACK COLMAN, GAVIN BADE and BEN LEFEBVRE
The environmental movement has drawn millions of activists to marches calling for action on climate change or to stop pipeline projects, and many of the largest green groups, including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council and Environmental Defense Fund have issued statements supporting the protests that have erupted in dozens of cities and towns this week...
“Seeing massive health inequalities in the black community — that’s the same mass death we want to fight against with climate change, and we should be showing up for black lives,” said Mattias Lehman, the digital director for Sunrise Movement who got his start in the Black Lives Matter movement...
For large environmental organizations seeking to pivot from their efforts to draw attention to the heightened Covid-19 risks facing people exposed to pollution, addressing the unrest from the death of Floyd and others before him underscored the challenges facing the green movement as it broadens its focus...
For the newer groups of young activists that since late 2018 have led the push for the Green New Deal, seeking a sweeping overhaul of the U.S. economy to fight climate change, issues such as racial equality are seen as a core part of the mission. Organizations like the Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion have led that push...
“I do think this could be a turning point for the environmental movement. But the question is whether they are taking the moment now to stop and do nothing but uplift black lives,” said Lauren Wiggins, an online content strategist at Greenpeace, who attended protests last Friday in Oakland, Calif.
Many of the most powerful green groups in Washington, D.C., are still assessing what kind of role they can play beyond issuing statements supporting the protesters and giving staff time to attend protests. The NRDC is “exploring ways for staff to increase all kinds of civic engagement activities,” spokesperson Jenny Powers said in an email...
“When I started the job at NPCA (National Parks Conservation Association) I came in knowing it was a predominantly white organization with white privilege,” said Martínez, the NPCA’s resource protection manager, who was among the dozens of protesters who took shelter overnight Monday in a Washington, D.C., home as police threatened them with arrest...
The Sierra Club has sent emails to its volunteers and members amplifying messages of black activists and organizations, including calls to donate to such causes. Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace are working to expand their roles as conveners between environmental and social justice organizations.
Still, environmental activists who have participated in protests this week said they have seen a big difference in how law enforcement agencies have treated people calling out police violence than people who have taken the streets for climate change action...
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/06/04/green-groups-protests-police-301960
5 Jun: Climate Depot: Flashback: Fmr. UN climate head predicted COVID lockdowns?!: ‘The only way a 2015 agreement can achieve a 2-degree goal is to shut down the whole global economy’
by Marc Morano
“The only way that a 2015 agreement can achieve a 2-degree goal is to shut down the whole global economy,” Yvo de Boer, former UNFCCC (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change) executive secretary said in 2013.
Yvo de Boer’s words sound prophetic when compared to the comments of climate campaigners in 2020 excited about the impact of the COVID lockdowns.
Climate activist Eric Holthaus said on April 22, 2020, about the impact of lockdowns on global CO2 emissions: “This is roughly the same pace that the IPCC says we need to sustain every year until 2030 to be on pace to limit global warming to 1.5C and hit the Paris climate goals. This is what ‘rapid, far-reaching and unprecedented changes in all aspects of society’ looks like.”..
But the reality is that even with lockdowns and shutdown of most aspects of society, global CO2 emissions didn’t seem to notice yet...
https://www.climatedepot.com/2020/06/05/flashback-fmr-un-climate-head-predicted-covid-lockdowns-the-only-way-a-2015-agreement-can-achieve-a-2-degree-goal-is-to-shut-down-the-whole-global-economy/
3 Jun: Inside Climate News: As Protests Rage Over George Floyd’s Death, Climate Activists Embrace Racial Justice
Friends of the Earth tweeted #BlackLivesMatter, and the head of the NRDC promised “to be fully and visibly committed to the fight against systemic racism.”
By ILANA COHEN, EVELYN NIEVES, JUDY FAHYS, MARIANNE LAVELLE, JAMES BRUGGERS
Bronx Climate Justice North, another grassroots group, says on its website: “Without a focus on correcting injustice, work on climate change addresses only symptoms, and not root causes.”...
These community organizations in New York have been joined in protest by the nation’s most prominent climate change activist groups, including the Sierra Club, 350.org, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sunrise Movement and Extinction Rebellion...
Racial and ethnic minorities, (Rev. Dawn Cooley, who is executive director of Louisville-based Kentucky Interfaith Power & Light, a coalition of faith communities that advocates for action on climate change) noted, are bearing a disproportionate burden of illness and death from the novel coronavirus pandemic...
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/02062020/george-floyd-racial-justice-police-brutality-environment-climate-activism
No cases of coronavirus have been traced back to protests in Michigan, state officials said Friday...
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Without evidence.
She is playing a new game:
Pin the virus on the leftist donkey.
I remember an old timer explained what the deal was with “climate activists”:
“Green on the outside, red on the inside.”
Yes...’watermelons’.
Funny how Antifa didn’t object to the nation being placed under house arrest, the economy being crushed, and old people being murdered by Democrat governors
“No cases of coronavirus have been traced back to protests in Michigan”
An no cases of coronavius have been traced back to the UP but that was not considered when she locked it down.
she is the enemy she worked for soros!
Because that falls into the category “All Lives Matter” which is strictly forbidden.
What a freak show!
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