Governor of Utah declaring state of emergency

[Nevilledog]

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Kali]

1. wow

[greenjar_01]

2. They're going to be dying in the streets

He should call Cuomo for good refrigerated truck contacts and vendors.

Horror.

[2naSalit]

11. SLC and ST George are massive

distribution hubs, I'm sure there are plenty of refer trailers in the state. And several cold storage houses. Especially in SLC.

[Blue_true]

15. Plus, they have the mountains there. Take a few trailers up high and they are set

for body storage for the Winter.

[2naSalit]

19. No need...

Every grocery chain in the west has a cold warehouse and there used to be Termicold storage warehouses too. They have what they need in that capacity, and you wouldn't want to haul a bunch of trailers full of dead people up to the mountains.

[MontanaMama]

30. Right?

Did someone say buffet?

[elleng]

3. and they went

Trump
58.4%
759,638

Joe Biden
Democratic Party
37.7%

[David__77]

24. And that's also best for a Democrat there since 1960s.

That’s something I guess.

[SCantiGOP]

40. Obama in 2012

Was a bit under 25%.

Nowhere nears Trump’s DC total so far: he has 5.2%

[bonniebgood]

39. id say the 37% should leave Now are get packed in a storage truck in the mountains. nt

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

58. Exactly what I was thinking.

I wonder how the Trump Death Cult members are going to process all that dying from a hoax.

[RestoreAmerica2020]

4. I suspect other states will follow--we're over 10M cases with no end in sight--

..gotta wonder if odiousloser#45/gop will do anything to help states control pandemic, release emergency funding. [@link]


Worldmeter--Last updated: November 09, 2020, 04:14 GMT
United States
Coronavirus Cases:
10,288,480
Deaths:
243,768


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/us/&ved=2ahUKEwiNxu-G1fTsAhUSqp4KHTtaD64QFjAAegQIDhAD&usg=AOvVaw3VjHUtiyFN9VkDZTZswkxH

[RockRaven]

5. These trends didn't just pop up this week, they deliberately ignored this until after the election.

Fucking cowards cost thousands of people their lives. For partisan political reasons.

[BusyBeingBest]

7. Yup--GOP governors didn't want to invoke Trump's ire or

lose money on warm-weather events that bring $$ to their states (cough STURGIS cough cough) so they watched the disease basically catch fire for months--NOW there's a sense of urgency? That is disastrous political malpractice.

[KentuckyWoman]

6. I feel bad for that Governor

He can expect armed thugs at the statehouse and plots against his family for freedom.

[AlexSFCA]

43. don't be, the thugs only plot to kidnap dem governors

[geomon666]

8. What are they worried about? It's just a Chinese hoax anyway.

Go on about your business.

[Blue_true]

12. The more GOP governors bite the bullet and impose mask mandates and fine people

for not following them, the easier Joe’s job of getting control of the virus becomes.

[Upthevibe]

31. Blue_true....

That was my exact first thought! At this point, if Republican Governors are aggressive and start insisting on mask mandates (and fining people for non-compliance like other countries have done) that could help to get this out of the political arena where it never would've been if not for dt (BTW-I'm wondering if he can be charged with manslaughter, negligent homicide, etc. for all the lives lost).

This would definitely help with President-Elect Biden's plan to get this under control.

[Blue_true]

9. He is doing the right thing. nt

[In It to Win It]

10. Wow

[catbyte]

13. So much for COVID "disappearing" after November 4.

[Upthevibe]

33. catbyte......

[Progressive Jones]

44. I've seen this before, and it's even weirder now. Holy Chit! nt

[patricia92243]

14. Trumper "chickens coming home to roost." Not wearing maske equils

almost a guarantee that you will get covid.

[Beachnutt]

16. And the stupid fucks voted for trump

[oasis]

17. Hold on till Jan. 20. Defense Production Act will finally kick into gear.

Your boy, Trump left you stranded.

[silverweb]

18. A trump-humping relative moved to rural Utah.

Just so he wouldn't have to wear a mask. Seriously. He was convinced that COVID was "hyped" and warnings/restrictions were "bullshit overkill," so he was refusing to wear a mask. Because he got negative flack for that where he was living, he moved to rural southern Utah and got sucked into the QAnon cult. He grew more and more delusional and strident about "his liberty" and "illegal" government restrictions.

Now well settled in Utah, he's finding out there will be mandatory mask wearing, no gatherings in private homes, and some other constraints. I hope he doesn't get the virus, but I have to admit that I am laughing right now.

[bullwinkle428]

20. Iowa is even worse, but our completely worthless governor isn't doing jack shit.

Utah has had close to 3000 cases per day in recent days - their highest numbers yet. Iowa has had instances of 4300 and 5000 cases in the last few days.

[roamer65]

21. Can Utah be quarantined?

No one should be leaving or entering the state without good reason.

[marybourg]

22. A friend in Utah with a chronic serious, eventuality fatal, illness

which sometimes requires a hospital stay to alleviate and stabilize has been told NOT to come to the ER until further notice.

[moonscape]

56. So sad, and so very sorry :(. n/t

[Cha]

23. Wow.. who knew Utah! Did they not

start out strong with Safety protocols?

[liberalla]

25. Wow. I hope people comply without too many incidents of violence.

[MissB]

26. That's gonna be a lot of states

It is exploding

[disalitervisum]

28. What a surprise!

Still, my friends, my heart is this: Nothing that came before is important. Only life is important. If our brothers and sisters need help, let us help them.

[lunatica]

36. No decent person will refuse them help

That’s because they’re decent people, unlike the idiots spreading it now.

They’re not brothers and sisters. They’re just people. If they need help because they deliberately chose not to use common sense they’ll get it. Even though they’ve proved they wouldn’t be so kind to us.

[MustLoveBeagles]

29. K&R

[KY_EnviroGuy]

32. Salt Lake County cases and deaths charts....

Cases as of 11/07/20:




Deaths as of 11/07/20:



Approx. 40% of the state's total cases have been in Salt Lake County.

Note that their hospitals also serve a lot of territory in Wyoming and perhaps parts of Nevada.


Thanks, Nevilledog........... ........

[cayugafalls]

34. 9 fucking months after he knew.

NINE FUCKING MONTHS AFTER HE KNEW.

Joe Biden's administration should prosecute trump as a criminally negligent murderer.

FUCK TRUMP.

This is ALL ON HIM.

[Lock him up.]

51. He KNEW on tape and chose to LIE (so used to lying he can't even make the difference anymore)

Said to his stupid maggats it's "a HOAX from the Democrats" - "we've got it under control, it will disappear one day, like a miracle, it will disappear" - "we have fifteen cases coming in from tsshinnah and soon it will go down to zero" - "we hear of the disinfectant if we can uh inJECt it it will take a minute, one minute" - "I said to my people SLOW DOWN THE TESTING PLEase"

LOCK.THE.MASS-MURDERER.UP please, and the cRiminal atla$ his accomplice, and in$-hannity, and fux $nooze.

[mr_lebowski]

35. You mean the RADICAL LEFTIST Governor of the Deep State of UTAH?

WE NEED TO FIND OUT WHAT BIDEN HAS ON THIS MAN!!11!!

[FreeState]

37. Guess those two world wide fasts didn't worked n/t

[tclambert]

38. Here in Michigan, the Republican legislature sued to take away the Governor's emergency powers.

They got the state supreme court to agree in October. Since then, the disease is spreading out of control. Back in June, we had a day with only 74 new cases. A couple of weeks later we had a day with 0 deaths (ZERO). It looked like we had it beat.

Now? We had a day with 6,700 new cases in November. That is freakin' Florida numbers. The most we had in the Spring was 1,900.

Out of control, and the governor can't do anything about it. And the state legislature won't.

[AllyCat]

55. Same here in WI

Republicans are death

[fishwax]

41. the scary thing is there are several states in as bad a shape or worse than utah

It's nice that the governor is taking this action. I wonder what he was saying about it in the run-up to the election. We know that the trump administration was pretending the pandemic was over, and of course that contributed to its essentially unchecked spread in the last month or so.

Check out all the states in red, indicating serious problems with the virus getting out of control: https://covidactnow.org/?s=1301312

Seven states have more new cases per day per person than Utah. North Dakota has been over 100 new cases per day per 100k residents for at least a week or more, but they've rocketed up to 174.1/100k, which is the highest rate I've ever seen for a state.

South Dakota has been over 100/100k for over a week, with their ICU capacity already at 100%.

The picture right now seems pretty damn dire.

[progree]

45. Yes, Minnesota's 4 U.S. neighbors are #1, #2, #3, and #4. MN is #9

in daily new cases per capita, 7 day moving average. For many weeks, until about 2 weeks ago, MN ranked between #18 and #20, while our U.S. neighbors ranked #1, #2, #3 or 4, and Iowa somewhere between #5 and #8. (The 4 neighbors are NoDak, SoDak, Wisconsin, and Iowa).

So we (Minnesota) thought we were doing something right maybe. But nope, we're going straight up (bad) in all the metrics and rankings.

Utah (#8) is just one ranking worst than Minnesota (#9).

Thanks for the great link
https://covidactnow.org/?s=1301312

[KY_EnviroGuy]

53. I just glanced at the curves from several states.

Rate of rise in cases in Kansas and both Dakotas look scary bad.

I fear it's going to get much worse after the three major holidays and widespread cold weather hits.

KY.......

[jb5150]

42. This is what happens when you choose magic over science ....

Who knew .....

[Lady Freedom Returns]

46. And here's the news report.

BREAKING: Gov. Herbert declares new state of emergency, statewide mask mandate, other restrictions
By Lindsey Peterson Nielson

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) – Governor Gary Herbert addressed the state of Utah Sunday evening during an emergency message that was announced through an alert system statewide. Following weeks of continued stress on Utah’s hospital networks due to a rise in COVID-19 cases, Gov. Herbert declared a State of Emergency to address hospital overcrowding.

‘Breaking point’: Record number of COVID-19 patients overwhelms Utah hospitals
The governor and Utah Department of Health have also issued concurrent executive and public health orders designed to curb the surge of cases in Utah. Both orders go into effect Monday, Nov. 9, and will remain in effect until Nov. 23.[

Read more @ https://www.abc4.com/news/top-stories/breaking-gov-herbert-declares-new-state-of-emergency-statewide-mask-mandate-other-restrictions/

[raccoon]

57. And he's a Republican! Good for him. Nt

[DanieRains]

47. Trump Will Soon Announce A Maskless Rally In Salt Lake City

So his lemmings can honor him.

Sorry Gov.

[Captain Zero]

52. He should. Donald's Death Tour. A Farewell Rally for Magical Thinking.

nt

[yuiyoshida]

48. about fucking time

ne??

[Vivienne235729]

49. Mandatory sheltering in place is critical at this junction.

[lindysalsagal]

50. Lots of bitching about a hoax....

[C Moon]

54. And Trump sits on his dumpty