{"id":31596,"date":"2020-12-18T12:34:52","date_gmt":"2020-12-18T18:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=31596"},"modified":"2020-12-18T12:34:52","modified_gmt":"2020-12-18T18:34:52","slug":"the-measure-of-common-sense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2020\/12\/18\/the-measure-of-common-sense\/","title":{"rendered":"The Measure Of Common Sense"},"content":{"rendered":"

Right at the moment I’m incredibly frustrated with myself. A couple of days ago, a local news station broadcast an interview with MN State Senator Paul Gazelka, a Republican, concerning a collection of frustrated restauranteurs who desperately want to reopen their businesses for inside dining, and cannot because of the emergency policies of Governor Walz (R-MN). He was on the side of these business owners, who may be facing extinction if they can’t get help. I cannot find that damn interview.<\/strong><\/p>\n

So you’ll have to trust me. Or find a link for me.<\/p>\n

The part of the interview with Gazelka which really came into focus for me this morning is this: At some point, he says he trusts the common sense of Minnesotans to follow health guidelines.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the news station has been consistently showing scenes of packed bars, etc, full of unmasked people, shoulder to shoulder.<\/p>\n

And the Minnesota Covid-19<\/strong> situation? From<\/a> MDH<\/strong><\/em>:<\/p>\n

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Gazelka may wish it would go well, but it isn’t.<\/p>\n

Here’s the problem: humans, individually, are not equipped to measure and understand the problems of public health. Add into that non-existent leadership at the critical Federal level, and religious delusions on the part of certain sects, and it’s a really combustible situation.<\/p>\n

I’m sure Gazelka means well. I’m not going to doubt his sincerity. But his proclamations of common-sense, which are line with the general GOP tenet that experts suck, are simply wrong.<\/p>\n

Those charts above and at the MDH web site, as well as other State web sites around the country, are a measure of the common sense of the average American when it comes to Covid-19<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

And it sucks.<\/p>\n

And, BTW, that non-existent Federal leadership? Just blame that on Senator McConnell (R-KY) and his fellow GOPers. The House Democrats had a bill ready in May, and McConnell wouldn’t even bring it up for debate.<\/p>\n

Gazelka should be screaming at McConnell, not Walz. Walz does not have the resources of McConnell.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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