(09-04-2020 08:44 AM)pwman2 Wrote: I for one applaud the Shelby County Health Department. You just have to look at the soaring increases of the virus in Haywood County (over 50%) and compare that to Shelby County's decrease. What is the difference? We have a mask ordinance and restrictions on bars and they do not! Is 12' the right distance? Should it be 10 or 8? I don't knw. But I do know if 6 feet is acceptable for standing in line at Walgreens, certainly more than that is required for a football game. Thank you SCHD for having the balls to make the hard decisions even tough they are publicly and politically very unpopular! I can say the same for our Mayor but not for our Governor or President.
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SCHD is a typical govt agency playing with other people's money. They got no skin in the game, because they continue to get paid no matter who else they shutdown. It doesn't matter to them that by using a 12' rule instead of a 6' rule, they cost the UofM $500k every game.
I can point to 2 other simple rulings of theirs that show their hypocrisy that they do not have everyone's best interest in mind. First, although they have shutdown every limited service restaurant elsewhere in the county, the "limited service restaurants" on Beale (Silky's, Alfred's, etc.) have been allowed to remain open. I guess you can't get the COVID on Beale. Second, they continue to shutdown Riverside Dr on weekends in the name of the pandemic. I guess driving down this street causes COVID. It's ridiculous the power that they have grabbed.
And here's some data from you that flies in the face of applauding local leaders, but not others:
Cumulative positivity rate:
Shelby County 10%
Tennessee 7%
USA 8%
Cases per capita:
Shelby Co 1 case per 28 people
TN 1 case per 37 people
USA 1 case per 54 people
Deaths per 1 million population:
Shelby Co 416
TN 263
USA 562
So, yeah. Shelby Co left to our own decisions have under-performed.
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Why 12 Feet?
