It’s clear that Gov. Whitmer’s administration specifically sought out a political vendor through a political operative for a no-bid contact tracing contract and then claimed the process wasn’t political.
Gov. Whitmer and Attorney General Nessel are recklessly dismissing the Michigan COVID nursing home crisis as partisan while Democrats speak out against the policy.
Here’s the latest on what elected officials and editorial boards are saying about Whitmer’s continued delay to improve her dangerous policy.
Michiganders deserve a plan to keep our seniors safe from deadly COVID-19 outbreaks today, not two months from now.
Gov. Whitmer’s nursing home policy puts the lives of Michigan’s most vulnerable to COVID-19 in danger and it’s time she heeds the call from impacted families, AARP, the state legislature, and Congress for full transparency.
Michigan’s state legislature passed a resolution last week urging Gov. Whitmer to end the policy that allows COVID-positive patients to share quarters with healthy residents.
While some Democrats joined Republicans in voting to change the policy, others did not including State Representative Laurie Puhutsky.
The national data has shown that nursing home and assisted living residents are most at-risk from COVID-19 and yet Whitmer’s administration shamefully did not prioritize their safety.
At what point is the Whitmer administration going to provide transparency?
A Democratic official in Michigan is facing trial for allegations of voting fraud from the 2018 midterm elections, after being charged with six counts of election-related felonies.
It is past time for the state to revise their policies on residents living in nursing homes and long-term care facilities and release the data on the deaths that have occurred from COVID-19 there.
