Here’s the latest on what elected officials and editorial boards are saying about Whitmer’s continued delay to improve her dangerous policy.
June 29, 2020
Gov. Whitmer’s Nursing Home Policy Continues To Be “Inadequate” And “A Tragedy”
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the creation of a Michigan Nursing Homes COVID-19 Preparedness Task Force on Friday and directed it to produce a recommendation on how to prepare nursing homes for COVID-19 cases by August 31, 2020. Here’s the latest on what elected officials and editorial boards are saying about Whitmer’s continued delay to improve her dangerous policy.
Traverse City Record-Eagle Editorial: “Michigan continues slow, inadequate response to COVID in nursing homes”
“Whitmer’s Friday order — one that creates a task force to monitor and manage the disease’s spread into Michigan’s nursing homes and other congregate care facilities — feels agonizingly tardy.”
“It’s not like we didn’t know people in care homes are particularly vulnerable.”
“our state public health experts paid a premium to place people infected with a wildly communicable disease in close proximity to the people most likely to be killed if they become infected.”
Congressman Tim Walberg and Congressman Steve Scalise in a Detroit News Opinion: “Michigan’s nursing home order has risked lives”
“Under this mandate, some nursing homes in Michigan were forced to admit COVID-19 patients back into their facilities. As a result, thousands of elderly residents were needlessly put at risk.”
“The people of Michigan need answers. The families who lost loved ones deserve accountability. And policymakers should better understand what went wrong to learn from and prevent such fatal outcomes in the future.”
State Senator Dr. John Bizon, an otolaryngologist in Battle Creek who’s been in medical practice for more than 40 years in an Ionia-Sentinel-Standard Opinion: “Governor’s nursing home policy a tragedy”
“This shocking order by the governor directly contradicted our knowledge of the disease, clear medical evidence and the guidance of our health experts. And her decision has had tragic consequences.”
“We cannot undo the damage that has already been done. But we should do all we can to help prevent further needless deaths.”