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by Tyler Durden Thursday, Apr 29, 2021 - 02:35 PM Despite the federal government's assurances that it wouldn't require individuals to accept the COVID-19 vaccine with the force of law, states, cities and the private sector are finding new ways to "incentivize" vaccination, especially as waning demand is leaving states with growing piles of unwanted COVID-19 jabs - and the Biden Administration with egg on its face. And while NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio was announcing on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" (a show which we didn't realize was essential viewing for his 9 million constituents) that he plans to "fu...

April 19, 2021 After inadvertently admitting last week that Michigan’s harsh lockdowns have not deterred the “raging” COVID-19 pandemic, Democratic Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said on Sunday she now lacks the “same tools” to enforce such policies. Nevertheless, the governor’s administration proposed more restrictions. On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Whitmer told anchor Chuck Todd that she has lost the ability to sustain executive action for lockdown orders. “I have been sued by my legislature. I have lost in a Republican-controlled Supreme Court,” Whitmer said. “I don’...

Detroit Free Press Michigan is ramping up a specific form of treatment for those with COVID-19 in an effort to prevent the likelihood of hospitalization or death, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and state health officials announced Wednesday.  While the governor said the state is using "every mitigation strategy" to fight the virus, Whitmer said there is no plan to issue new health and safety regulations to stem the nation's worst surge of the pandemic.  "The national experts with whom we consult have said, 'You don't have a policy problem,' " Whitmer said. "Michigan still has some of the strongest...

Bird Song of the Day Owl Week at the Naked Capitalism Water Cooler continues. #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching, because I don’t think the peak is coming in the next days, or even weeks. Is the virus gathering itself for another leap? I’m holding the vaccination chart in abeyance until I look at data issues at DIVOC-19 and/or Johns Hopkins, after I get the rest of the post done.

Michigan’s Mike Shirkey problem is not going away Updated on Feb 18, 2021; Published on Feb 18, 2021 Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey, R-Clark Lake speaks to a crowd of supporters during a rally for Pastors Alliance Thursday Oct. 8, 2020. The rally which was preplanned took place hours after details were released regarding a plot to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer surfaced.  Nicole Hester/Mlive.com Twitter Share Michigan’s highest-ranking senator has repeatedly used sexist language when referring to the governor, used the word “hoax” when describing the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Ca...