Posted on 02/29/2020 9:51:18 PM PST by blam
Washington Governor Jay Inslee (D) declared a state of emergency on Saturday following the announcement of the first coronavirus-related death in his state and the nation. The governor directed all state agencies to use all resources necessary. He also authorized the use of National Guard troops.
“This will allow us to get the resources we need,” the governor said in a written statement. “This is a time to take common-sense, proactive measures to ensure the health and safety of those who live in Washington state. Our state agency directors have been actively preparing since the nation’s first case appeared in Snohomish County. Washingtonians can be assured we’ve taken this threat seriously and have been working in collaboration with our health care partners to develop plans and procedures to prepare for what could likely be a worldwide pandemic.”
President Donald Trump described the first person to die on U.S. soil from a Covid-19 infection as a man in his mid-50s with a medical history that put him in a high-risk category.
Washington officials announced on Saturday the confirmation of three new cases on Saturday in addition to the two announced Friday night, KIRO7, local news outlet, reported. The initial report does not describe how the three new patients became infected. One of the cases announced Friday is being called a possible community-spread infection.
Governor Inslee’s proclamation orders all “state agencies and departments to utilize state resources and do everything reasonably possible to assist affected communities responding to and recovering from COVID-19 cases.” It also allows for the deployment of the Washington National Guard if ht becomes necessary.
In January, the Washington Military Department activated the State Emergency Operations Center at a Level 1 condition, the governor stated. This allows the highest level of communication and control to help coordinate
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This is bad news for those people in that Nursing Home. Contagious stuff like this gets rampant in those homes.
A Demonrat Governor will declare an emergency for that, but not for all the countless folks harmed and killed by illegals. What a joke.
Jay Inslee (Inslime) is a doofus leftist hack, he was exploit this to the max and is not to be trusted.
The ChiComs that came home from Lunar New Year celebrations are now rearing their heads... plus the border with BC is still wide open.
That’s right.
The fricking homeless situation in Washington State is out of control and this ASSHAT governor has done NOTHING!!!
Too bad he can’t order the National Guard to shoot off Nike missiles in all directions and aim huge searchlights at the clouds over Seattle. Maybe turn on all the old WWII air raid sirens and let them run all night.
Liberals panicking on clue to take down trump. Good luck losers
Sounds like he's planning to follow the ChiCom model.
Dem Governors love to declare state of emergencies.
Just imagine if the Coronavirus could vote. Dems do love pandering to deadly... things.
State of Emergency Delcared in Washington State So the Head Honchos in Washington State Can Misappropriate a Solid Crap Ton of Federal Money.
This clown is a profound idiot, he needs to be reminded of that fact.
Ironically that is probably the most appropriate response whenever a DemonRat takes office! :)
Come on man this is about making Trump look like he screwed things up.
How can a conservative buy into this crap?
State of emergency?
I don’t care if one nursing home had the Freaking Ebola virus, it’s not a state emergency.
The worriers here (and yeah you guys are irrationally worrying, not that there’s NOTHING wrong, but at the level dems and useful idiot worriers are letting it rise
to) are helping dems.
I’m not wrong.
This thing is bad.
It’s not the bubonic plague for God’s sake.
Get a grip.
Large Asian populations.
You said...”what a joke”...
You are correct. But it’s not to too many on the right.
They are feeding this thing like a hungry fire.
Pretty soon some conservatives will be out in the streets flogging themselves to atone like they did during the plague.
Dems don’t need help trying to make it look like Trump dropped the ball big time on this, which he DIDN’T.
Stop helping them!
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