I published a piece back on April 7th speculating why Governor Whitmer had not closed down our state due to the increasing number of COVID-19 positive patients and hospitalizations like she did last fall.
The Michigan Capitol Confidential reminded us of an executive/emergency order she had the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) issued on November 15, 2020.
That order shutdown; schools, school sports, bars, restaurants, movie theaters and more. That order in part read:
“The State of Michigan presently has a seven-day average of 512 cases per million people, which is five times higher than the case rate on October 1. Test positivity has increased from 3.2% in early October to 12% on November 13. And while testing has increased 78% since October 1, test positivity has increased 225% during that same time frame, indicating COVID-19 spread is happening much more quickly than tests being administered. All regions in Michigan are now at the highest risk level, with a seven-day average in excess of 150 cases per million.”