Thread by @Dagny_R_Taggert, I don’t do many threads, but one based on @GovernorTomWolf & @SecretaryLevine [...]

I don’t do many threads, but one based on @GovernorTomWolf & @SecretaryLevine timeline of events handling #Covid_19 is needed based on the data put forth by Levine ONE MONTH after @RepTurzai requested it on April 17. There is zero justification for this shutdown.

3/6 first 2 positive cases

3/16 White House recommends guidelines for “15 days to stop the spread”

3/16 Wolf declared a state of emergency, urged “non essential” businesses to close, & increased mitigation efforts

3/18 Dr Levine directs PA nursing homes to take Covid patients https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/COVID-19%20Interim%20Nursing%20Facility%20Guidance.pdf">https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Do...

3/19 Wolf demands all “non essential businesses” close

3/23 first stay at home order issued for the entire state

3/23 study suggests COVID doesn’t impact children severely https://www.fox8live.com/2020/03/23/study-suggests-coronavirus-doesnt-impact-children-severely/?outputType=amp">https://www.fox8live.com/2020/03/2...

Study suggests coronavirus doesn’t impact children severely

The Louisiana Department of Health says a small number of children have been diagnosed with the novel coronavirus in the state, but health officials believe many more are infected with mild or even...

https://www.fox8live.com/2020/03/23/study-suggests-coronavirus-doesnt-impact-children-severely/?outputType=amp

3/27 cases skyrocket to 2,218. Wolf says “We know our hospitals will face capacity issues” ; stay at home order extended until 4/6 https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/wolf-reopens-gun-shops-orders-more-residents-to-stay-home/2339919/?amp">https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coro...

Pa. Extends Stay-at-Home Order Through April 6, Adds Lehigh and Northampton Counties

Gov. Tom Wolf extended a stay-at-home order to Lehigh and Northampton counties on Wednesday as coronavirus infections continue to mount statewide. The length of time all 10 Pa. counties must live...

https://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/coronavirus/wolf-reopens-gun-shops-orders-more-residents-to-stay-home/2339919/?amp

3/29 White House announces 30 day extension https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/these-30-days-how-you-can-help/">https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/...

These 30 Days: How You Can Help | The White House

If every American does their part, the latest model suggests we could save 1 million or more U.S. lives.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/these-30-days-how-you-can-help/

3/30 Wolf closes schools indefinitely https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/gov-tom-wolf-closes-pa-schools-indefinitely/article_3986f3e4-72ae-11ea-bcc6-4fe463cb8671.html">https://lancasteronline.com/news/loca...

Gov. Tom Wolf closes Pa. schools indefinitely

Pennsylvania schools will remain closed until further notice, Gov. Tom. Wolf announced Monday.

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/gov-tom-wolf-closes-pa-schools-indefinitely/article_3986f3e4-72ae-11ea-bcc6-4fe463cb8671.html

4/9 Wolf closes schools for remainer of year https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-wolf-extends-school-closure-for-remainder-of-academic-year/">https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/...

Governor Wolf Extends School Closure for Remainder of Academic Year

Continuing his efforts to protect the health and safety of students and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, Governor Tom Wolf today announced that all schools will remain closed for the...

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/governor-wolf-extends-school-closure-for-remainder-of-academic-year/

4/10 Wolf issues EO to release 1800 intimates to stop COVID spread https://local21news.com/amp/news/local/gov-wolf-issues-executive-order-to-release-18000-inmates-to-stop-covid-19-spread">https://local21news.com/amp/news/...

4/14 Philly DA encourages Wolf to go further (releasing prisoners) https://www.penncapital-star.com/covid-19/philly-da-chief-defender-praise-state-prison-release-program-urge-wolf-to-go-further/">https://www.penncapital-star.com/covid-19/...

Philly DA, chief defender praise state prison release program, urge Wolf to go further | Pennsylv...

Prisoners qualifying for a Wolf administration executive order could start being released as soon as Tuesday, officials said.

https://www.penncapital-star.com/covid-19/philly-da-chief-defender-praise-state-prison-release-program-urge-wolf-to-go-further/

4/16 Trump defers to Governors on reopening https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/trump-tells-governors-on-reopening-we-will-step-in-if-we-see-something-going-wrong-or-if-we-disagree/">https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/...

4/17 PA House Speaker requests COVID data from Levine.

4/20 Wolf extends lockdown until 5/8 https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/pa-gov-tom-wolf-extends-stay-at-home-order-to-may-8-as-he-starts-to-reopen-economy.html?outputType=amp">https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/coronavir...

Pa. Gov. Tom Wolf extends stay-at-home order to May 8 as he starts to reopen economy

With new case counts stabilizing, Wolf is ready to start rolling back restrictions on Pennsylvania's economy. But he warned it will be data-driven and differ by region.

https://www.lehighvalleylive.com/coronavirus/2020/04/pa-gov-tom-wolf-extends-stay-at-home-order-to-may-8-as-he-starts-to-reopen-economy.html?outputType=amp

4/24 Kemp announces GA reopening https://www.ajc.com/news/rest-for-kemp-from-critics-launches-reopening-amid-covid/iFRXx4Ws0sAqqIdMJpnKSN/amp.html">https://www.ajc.com/news/rest...

GA launches reopening amid COVID-19 with governor still under fire

Day One of Georgias attempt to restore economic normalcy amid the coronavirus pandemic finds Gov. Brian Kemps decision still under fire from President Donald Trump.

https://www.ajc.com/news/rest-for-kemp-from-critics-launches-reopening-amid-covid/iFRXx4Ws0sAqqIdMJpnKSN/amp.html

4/24 Pa. removes more than 200 deaths from official coronavirus count as questions mount about reporting process, data accuracy https://papost.org/2020/04/24/pa-removes-more-than-200-deaths-from-official-coronavirus-count-as-questions-mount-about-reporting-process-data-accuracy/">https://papost.org/2020/04/2...

Pa. removes more than 200 deaths from official coronavirus count as questions mount about reporting...

https://papost.org/2020/04/24/pa-removes-more-than-200-deaths-from-official-coronavirus-count-as-questions-mount-about-reporting-process-data-accuracy/

4/27 Abbott announces plans to start reopening Texas https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2020/04/27/texas-gov-abbott-announces-phase-1-re-opening-to-start-may-1/amp/">https://www.forbes.com/sites/chr...

Texas Governor Abbott Announces ‘Phase 1’ Reopening To Start May 1

This Friday, Texas will start getting back to work.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/christopherhelman/2020/04/27/texas-gov-abbott-announces-phase-1-re-opening-to-start-may-1/amp/

4/27 children are less vulnerable to COVID https://www.wsj.com/amp/articles/consensus-is-emerging-that-children-are-less-vulnerable-to-coronavirus-11587988688">https://www.wsj.com/amp/artic...

4/28 Trump tells governors to “seriously consider & maybe get going” on reopening https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/politics/trump-governors-call/index.html">https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/2...

Trump tells governors to 'seriously consider and maybe get going' on opening schools

President Donald Trump on Monday urged the nation's governors to "seriously consider" reopening schools as part of his push to restart the economy, though many states have already recommended against...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/28/politics/trump-governors-call/index.html

4/29 DeSantis to reopen FL https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2020-05-07/pennsylvania-adds-310-virus-deaths-over-1-000-new-cases">https://www.usnews.com/news/best...

Pennsylvania Extends Statewide Stay-At-Home Order to June 4

Gov. Tom Wolf is ordering most Pennsylvania residents to stay at home until June 4, extending a statewide order he first imposed April 1 to slow the spread of the new virus.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2020-05-07/pennsylvania-adds-310-virus-deaths-over-1-000-new-cases

4/30 SCOTUS tells Wolf to defend shutdown Pennsylvania Extends Statewide Stay-At-Home Order to June 4 | Pennsylvania News | US News

4/30 Coroners frustrated with how COVID data is collected https://local21news.com/amp/news/local/county-coroners-frustrated-with-how-covid-19-data-is-collected-by-department-of-health">https://local21news.com/amp/news/...

5/4 Wolf Urges SCOTUS not to look at his shutdown decision https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2020/05/04/pa-gov-wolf-urges-scotus-not-to-take-up-fight-over-covid-orders-closing-businesses/?slreturn=20200419064633.">https://www.law.com/thelegali...

5/6 SCOTUS denies business owners suit against Wolf as “hysteria”; uphold based on a 1996 emergency powers EO https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2020/05/06/business-owners-in-scotus-brief-say-pa-gov-wolfs-close-down-order-is-product-of-hysteria-not-reason/">https://www.law.com/thelegali...

SCOTUS Turns Away Businesses' Challenge to Pa. Gov. Wolf's Close-Down Order | The Legal Intellige...

The business owners' group argued unsuccessfully that the governor's order was overly broad and based on hysteria, not reason.

https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2020/05/06/business-owners-in-scotus-brief-say-pa-gov-wolfs-close-down-order-is-product-of-hysteria-not-reason/

5/7 Wolf extends lockdown until 6/4 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2020-05-07/pennsylvania-adds-310-virus-deaths-over-1-000-new-cases">https://www.usnews.com/news/best...

Pennsylvania Extends Statewide Stay-At-Home Order to June 4

Gov. Tom Wolf is ordering most Pennsylvania residents to stay at home until June 4, extending a statewide order he first imposed April 1 to slow the spread of the new virus.

https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2020-05-07/pennsylvania-adds-310-virus-deaths-over-1-000-new-cases

5/7 Montana schools reopen https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/07/us/montana-willow-creek-school-reopening/index.html">https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/...

Montana schools are reopening. Here's what parents and teachers are saying

The children filed in, one by one, keeping their distance, to have their temperature taken at the door as Willow Creek School in Montana opened Thursday.

https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/05/07/us/montana-willow-creek-school-reopening/index.html

5/6 Wolf outlines plans to create commonwealth civilian COVID corps https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-outlines-plans-to-create-commonwealth-civilian-coronavirus-corps-to-support-fall-covid-19-recovery-efforts/">https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/...

Gov. Wolf Outlines Plans to Create Commonwealth Civilian Coronavirus Corps to Support Fall COVID-19...

As Pennsylvania plans to safely reopen the economy and recover from COVID-19, Governor Tom Wolf announced the creation of the Commonwealth Civilian Coronavirus Corps, a public service initiative that...

https://www.governor.pa.gov/newsroom/gov-wolf-outlines-plans-to-create-commonwealth-civilian-coronavirus-corps-to-support-fall-covid-19-recovery-efforts/

5/11 Wolf threatens funding if anyone defies him https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/05/wolf-threatens-funding-license-cuts-if-counties-move-to-reopen-in-pa-without-his-approval.html?outputType=amp">https://www.pennlive.com/coronavir...

Wolf threatens funding, license cuts if counties move to reopen in Pa. without his approval

The state's latest COVID-19 briefing was held on Monday.

https://www.pennlive.com/coronavirus/2020/05/wolf-threatens-funding-license-cuts-if-counties-move-to-reopen-in-pa-without-his-approval.html?outputType=amp

5/13 Levine moved mother from nursing homes as deaths skyrocketed https://nypost.com/2020/05/13/pennsylvania-health-official-moved-mother-from-nursing-home/amp/">https://nypost.com/2020/05/1...

Pennsylvania health official moved mother from nursing home as deaths skyrocketed

The health official responsible for overseeing nursing homes in Pennsylvania — where nearly 70 percent of the state’s coronavirus-related deaths have occurred — moved her elderly

https://nypost.com/2020/05/13/pennsylvania-health-official-moved-mother-from-nursing-home/amp/

5/13 Wisconsin Supreme Court declares lockdowns unconstitutional; spilt on party lines https://www.thestreet.com/.amp-mishtalk/mishtalk/economics/wisconsin-supreme-court-rules-lockdowns-are-illegal">https://www.thestreet.com/.amp-mish...

5/15 DeSantis announces phase 2 reopening to start https://floridapolitics.com/archives/332815-phase-two-florida-reopen">https://floridapolitics.com/archives/...

Gov. DeSantis: Florida ready for Phase Two reopening

Bars and gyms may open soon.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/332815-phase-two-florida-reopen

5/16 Federal judge rules NC gov’s COVID restrictions restrict religious freedom https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/16/coronavirus-update-us/?outputType=amp">https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/20...

Live updates: House passes $3 trillion relief package; Texas supreme court halts voting by mail...

Coronavirus deaths in the United States surpassed 86,000.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/16/coronavirus-update-us/?outputType=amp

5/16 In reversal, PA will begin posting COVID death tolls at each nursing home https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/in-reversal-pa-will-begin-posting-covid-19-death-tolls-at-each-nursing-home/article_4708923a-96ca-11ea-b975-df52c8f54c85.html">https://lancasteronline.com/news/loca...

In reversal, Pa. will begin posting COVID-19 death tolls at each nursing home

The state Department of Health will begin providing specific details about the number of COVID-19 cases and deaths at each nursing home in Pennsylvania after resisting such a move for

https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/in-reversal-pa-will-begin-posting-covid-19-death-tolls-at-each-nursing-home/article_4708923a-96ca-11ea-b975-df52c8f54c85.html

5/17 Levine finally supplies PA house speaker Turzai with updated data:
2,991 of the 4,342 deaths were in nursing homes. 69%.

90% had at least 1 co-morbidity (28.3% had at least 3)
195 had cancer
337 had coronary disease
319 had CHF
974 had hypertension.
42% of all COVID

37,000 hospital beds in PA. 1,954 occupied by COVID patients. 5.28%.

413 patients on ventilators. 1.12% of all hospital beds

0 deaths in anyone under 30

2,341 died in a hospital. 54%.
1,951 died in LTC. 45%.

5/18 Abbott announces TX phase 2 reopening https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-phase-two-to-open-texas">https://gov.texas.gov/news/post...

Governor Abbott Announces Phase Two To Open Texas

https://gov.texas.gov/news/post/governor-abbott-announces-phase-two-to-open-texas

5/18 a “rural” judge in OR declares Gov Brown lockdown unconstitutional; the democrat majority state Supreme Court issued an emergency stay https://komonews.com/amp/news/local/judge-tosses-coronavirus-restrictions-by-oregon-governor-brown">https://komonews.com/amp/news/...

5/19 Some hospitals prepared for coronavirus that never came https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-hospitals-prepared-for-coronavirus-cases-that-never-came-11589880600">https://www.wsj.com/articles/...

Some Hospitals Prepared for Coronavirus Cases That Never Came

Medical centers set up triage tents, cleared floors and canceled surgeries as the pandemic hit the U.S. Some that have seen only a few patients say they don’t regret their at-times costly preparati...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/some-hospitals-prepared-for-coronavirus-cases-that-never-came-11589880600

5/19 Virus determines reopening timeline, Wolf says. Well, then, the entire state should be fully opened. https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylvania/virus-determines-reopening-timeline-wolf-says/article_e52345d6-99b4-11ea-965e-2b166bd6e64e.html">https://www.wfmz.com/news/area...

Virus determines reopening timeline, Wolf says

'The real penalty is the people at risk of getting sick.'

https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/pennsylvania/virus-determines-reopening-timeline-wolf-says/article_e52345d6-99b4-11ea-965e-2b166bd6e64e.html

#COVID19 #Covid_19 #ReOpenAmerica #ReOpenPA It’s completely political. Republicans are working for you. Democrats are using you/working against you & your families for political gain.

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