Ibis in the morning. Social distancing. Blogfinger photo. 4/27/20.
William Barr, US Attorney General:
“Attorney General William Barr on Monday directed U.S. attorneys to ‘be on the lookout’ for state and local governments violating constitutional rights of individuals during the strict COVID-19 restrictions at the state and local level.”
Bill Frist is a physician and a former senator. He is currently a member of the National Corona Virus Recovery Commission:
…” because we can’t reopen the economy until we get the virus under control, we do move from population mitigation to individual containment, instead of all 350 million people hunkering down.
“We’ll be able focus much more on individuals and we call it individual containment.
“A lot of people set up this false choice of it’s either public health, save lives, fight the virus versus re-economy of opening up our states and opening up our small businesses and getting back to a normal life. That’s a false choice.”
These quotes are from interviews with The Daily Signal. 4/28/20
NJ.com: ” Belmar Mayor Mark Walsifer has signed an emergency order declaring designated streets in the borough for residents only. The order will stay in effect until Gov. Phil Murphy lifts New Jersey’s state of emergency.
CDC recently changed its COVID-19 symptoms list (must have two of these):
- Fever
- Chills
- Repeated shaking with chills
- New loss of taste or smell
- Muscle pain
- Headache
- Sore throat
Daily News Roundup: “Yesterday state officials reported the coronavirus has spread to a total of 111,188 cases. The virus has killed at least 6,044 people in our state.”
Patch:
Gov Phil Murphy
Gov. Murphy: If New Jersey does reopen to allow people to go to the beaches, Murphy said the state and local communities will have to have “real restrictions on capacity and social distancing.” He said, “Whether or not we’re in a better place four weeks today, I sure as heck hope we are,” Murphy said.
APP:
“A Monmouth University poll released Monday found that about half of those who planned Shore trips this summer now say the pandemic has thrown those plans into doubt. About 13% say they will definitely not and 38% say they will probably not keep their planned beach excursions.
“A similar number — 47% — say that they either definitely or probably will still take a trip down the Shore, the survey found.
“About six in 10 in New Jersey reported being very concerned that someone in their family would become seriously ill with the disease, higher than the nationwide average of 50%. The level of concern was the highest in the northern part of the state, followed by the central and then South Jersey, the poll found.”
“State Health Commissioner Judith Persichilli said while hospitalizations from COVID-19 overall are “flattening,” intensive care beds in Central Jersey — defined as Monmouth, Ocean, Somerset, Mercer and Middlesex counties — were “totally full” by Monday evening.”
“The peak of the pandemic has migrataed from hard-hit North Jersey into the central and southern region. Five of the six hospitals in New Jersey that temporarily turned away new patients Monday, most often because of packed critical care units, were in the central region, Persichilli said.”
CMA:
APP:
APP 4/28/20 Lavalette
JUDY COLLINS: “Someday Soon.”
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