{"id":1064569,"date":"2021-11-29T12:44:12","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:44:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064569"},"modified":"2021-11-29T12:44:14","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:44:14","slug":"blue-michigan-reports-the-highest-coronavirus-case-rate-in-the-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/blue-michigan-reports-the-highest-coronavirus-case-rate-in-the-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Blue Michigan Reports the Highest Coronavirus Case Rate in the Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fblue-michigan-reports-the-highest-coronavirus-case-rate-in-the-nation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1064569&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Blue Michigan, led by famed lockdowner Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D), has the highest coronavirus case rate in the nation, with the peak spiking at 59 percent in the last two weeks as other states such as Florida see record low numbers.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <em>New York Times\u2019<\/em> coronavirus data tracker,&nbsp;Michigan is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2021\/us\/covid-cases.html\">reporting<\/a> a daily average of 8,457 cases, or 85 per 100,000. That represents a 59 percent increase over the last 14 days. In that same time frame, hospitalizations in the state jumped 41 percent, reporting a daily average of 4,092 hospitalizations.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Whitmer stood as one of the most prominent pro-lockdown figures throughout the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/17\/gretchen-whitmer-flees-reporters-asking-lifting-restrictions-picks-june\/\">extending<\/a> restrictions well into summer 2021. What is more, she sought police enforcement of her unconstitutional rules, actively seeking the \u201cassistance of the Michigan Sheriffs\u2019 Association (MSA) and Michigan Association of Chiefs of Police on a plan to urge Michigan residents to call law enforcement on alleged order violators,\u201d as Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/14\/emails-gretchen-whitmer-admin-sought-police-enforcement-coronavirus-mask-orders\/\">reported<\/a> in June.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_18762258\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1214247337.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18762258\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/GettyImages-1214247337.jpg\" alt=\"Gretchen Whitmer\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>People demonstrate during the Michigan Conservative Coalition organized \u201cOperation Haircut\u201d in Lansing, Michigan on May 20, 2020. The group opposes Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer\u2019s mandatory closure to curtail the coronavirus pandemic. (JEFF KOWALSKY\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>In July, the Michigan legislature took action, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/21\/michigan-repeals-emergency-powers-law-gretchen-whitmer-exploited-for-endless-unilateral-lockdowns\/\">repealing<\/a> an emergency powers law Whitmer used to her advantage throughout the pandemic, restricting people and businesses for months on end.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Despite that, Whitmer has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/15\/gretchen-whitmer-vetoes-bill-forgiving-michigan-businesses-for-first-time-coronavirus-violations\/\">continued<\/a> to be unforgiving toward those battered by the pandemic, vetoing a bill this month that would have stopped the state from fining businesses that violated her coronavirus edicts, claiming it would have \u201cdisastrous consequences\u201d for the state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen a state fails to maintain the minimum standard, it loses control over enforcement of workplace standards. That would mean higher penalties, an end to voluntary safety outreach services, and the loss of Michigan stakeholder voices in our occupational health and safety program,\u201d she said.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI will not let that happen,\u201d Whitmer added.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.4444444444444\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BUSTED: Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) hit the bar this weekend and violated her own coronavirus orders, according to an exclusively obtained photo. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nmnd2N4nwu\">https:\/\/t.co\/nmnd2N4nwu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1396619538683285514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Democrat\u2019s action stands as a stark contrast to the move Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) made in Florida this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/11\/gov-desantis-cancels-local-coronavirus-fines-in-florida-we-want-to-make-sure-folks-are-protected\/\">canceling<\/a> all coronavirus fines imposed by local governments across the Sunshine State. Notably, Florida , which came under constant scrutiny throughout the pandemic, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/20\/florida-reports-18-consecutive-months-private-sector-job-growth\/\">booming<\/a> economically and reporting the lowest coronavirus cases per capita in the entire nation with just three.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The only other states to report figures that come remotely close to Michigan\u2019s is Gov. Kathy Hochul\u2019s (D) New York, which is reporting a daily average of 5,809 cases (30 per capita) and Gov. Tom Wolf\u2019s (D) Pennsylvania, which is reporting a daily average of 5,676 cases, or 44 per capita).<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue Michigan, led by famed lockdowner Gov. 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