Posted on 03/29/2020 1:56:34 PM PDT by bryan999
Being an executive is hard.
The media bashes our POTUS nonstop.
Where is the criticism of the chief executives of each state?
What say yee? Who is the best governor handling the COVID 19 outbreak, plus... what other state issues have they dealt with that rank the person best to serve?
I’m adding Ron DeSantis-FL, into the # 2 position. Without meaning to, I have not assigned any political persuasions to the nominees. I am going to leave it that way, and just go on merit and name recognition.
1 Greg Abbott- TX
2 Ron DeSantis- FL
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9 Doug Ducey- AZ
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45 Michelle Lujan Grisham- NM
46 J.B. Pritzker- IL
47 Gretchen Whitmer- MI
48 Jay Inslee- WA
49 Andrew Cuomo- NY
50 Gavin Newsome- CA
this is not your property. and spamming is against the rules and so is directing foul language toward another member. even though you did the childish @@ thing...We all get it.
Consider yourself reported.
I missed today’s briefing, was out for a pleasant drive, but shoot, that’s funny!
Thanks Cboldt.
Looks like your confidence in government may be partially resurrected because the FDA just granted emergency approval for HCQ. U.S. scientists and technology to the rescue again.
When is China going to apologize for their virus?
I hope President Trump sees this:
Michael Reagan @ReaganWorld
I’ve never seen any POTUS even my father that could do a Q&A like trump and have a grasp of every questions asked without using notes..This is why we hired a business person to be president. Public Private partnership is going to save us
6:48 PM · Mar 29, 2020
He said he saw them on TV at a neighborhood hospital that he was familiar with back in New York
Bttt
I don’t think that’s such a stupid question. Do we want to be using fans indoors when there’s a group?
“The shutdown will kill more than this virus”
You have a valid point there.
Let me finish your tag - Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Heart of Man — the Shadow Knows
(btw - I was born in Rockwood, TN)
Stocked up is not necessarily hoarding. Some states spread of the virus is a week or two behind, say, NY. I can’t imagine any governor unloading ventilators they might need, unless he / she has a rock solid guarantee of replacements if / when needed. I don’t think such guarantees can yet be given. Maybe in a couple months...
The other side of this is, why damn those who planned better?
Now, if a state literally has 2x the number of ventilators over the Feds’ “high side” estimate of likely peak need, then maybe that Governor should be getting a high level phone call. IMO, it is very unlikely any state is in such a position.
ALSO, some states are behind NY, etc., so that “lag” has to be taken into account as well. Granted that some of the lagging states should benefit from greater social distancing occurring earlier in their curve(s).
I do wonder why restaurants that could do it cannot be allowed to reopen but with distancing and much lower occupancy limits employed. “Smart” restaurants could post “seats available” throughout the day, and hopefully businesses could be more flexible in when employees could leave to eat. This way restaurants could fill in their “slow hours”. I know many are (or at least were some years back) almost dead in mid-afternoon.
This might not turn a profit, but it could help reduce losses until we get this virus beaten back.
Well, for a few of us who get to deal with real life exponential functions often, they are routine in one sense and easily comprehended, but, at the same time, they pound deep respect into one as well.
I agree.
True, but the 80k - 110k figure assumes the actions we are taking now are fairly effective (given their late start).
It does not account for the negative effects of a damaged economy on health care ("Hon, we can barely get by - we have to put Mom in the crappy Medicaid paid nursing home, now."), and health itself (President Trump talked about this yesterday.) In the other direction it also does not allow that the "shutdown" measures should significantly reduce flu, auto accidents, and other causes of fastalities.
There are many other considerations, too, but, I'll leave it at that, for now.
Stay safe!
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