[porkchop]

Agree entirely with your 2 posts, ryangilmer. Two main points from my post yesterday were (1) the lockdown crew is so entrenched in their stance--because it creates a scenario where they are on the "correct" cautious side as opposed to trump who was on the less-cautious side and whose delayed actions resulted in so many death and economic despair, a narrative that was drafted, circulated, and stamped in mid-March that they are riding this into the election, come hell or high water regardless of what the actual data says or what's in the best interests of the country and its people (this has been so obvious and revealing); (2) In imposing certain policies, politicians are attempting to obfuscate data for personal/political benefit rather than be flexible and represent the people whom they govern. Only with the protests have they been pressured to loosen their grips, otherwise surely it wouldn't be a hasty voluntary lifting of restrictions.

You see, they stopped reporting historical data on the nursing home tragedy because they are so laser focused on current outbreaks that it was critical they take the time to remove the existing, static data which consumed none of their time by letting it stay there...got it.

"On Friday, Illinois stopped providing historical data on COVID-19 in nursing homes. A day later, the full numbers are back."
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavir...story.html

"State data now shows that 14,882 workers and residents of long-term care centers have tested positive and more than 2,400 have died. That’s an additional 1,800 cases and 250 deaths that were not part of Friday’s data."
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"IDPH’s priority is to focus on those facilities currently experiencing an outbreak. However, all long-term care outbreaks are again being reported on the IDPH website, including those that are not currently experiencing an outbreak"