Here's the #Midwest as of this morning on the New York Times' #COVID19 tracking site, sorted by infection rate. For comparison, on the right you'll see the Midwest 7 and 14 days ago.
#Wisconsin, rather unbelievably at this point, is still looking better than its neighbors, having the best numbers in all of these measures with the exception of number of dead. However, it won't be long until #Iowa catches up to us.
To me, this shows how well @DHSWI and @GovEvers "Safer at Home" was working. Now three weeks out from the court decision ending it, what happens in the data from here is anyone's guess.
(Sorry, two weeks from the court decision.) But some of the guesses people are making are just terrifying. urbanmilwaukee.com/2020/05/26/rep…
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The #Rittenhouse case goes to the jury today. It probably won't come back today; regardless, I just want to put some of my thoughts out there for the world today anyhow. A small thread.
2/ I did not watch every second of every day of the trial. But I tried to follow along with good reporters and smart commentators. Most of what I see is skepticism that Rittenhouse will spend even one more day in jail.
3/ We can argue--and people have!--about whether that is the fault of the ADA pushing back against pre-trial rulings, a possibly-racist judge who doesn't know how any technology newer than a slide rule works, the general zeitgeist, whatever.
1/ Today, the #Wisconsin Republican legislature proposed eliminating the Constitutional offices of State Superintendent, Secretary of State, & Treasurer. What follows is a longish 🧵 I've meant to write for some time, addressing the utter contempt today's @wisgop has for voters.
3/ The short version of the thread is, the GOP has spent a decade doing things like weakening SoState, Treasurer, and Superintendent. Then Sortwell has the gall to use the lack of responsibility and authority those officers have as a reason to amend the constitution.
1/24 Two reminders as we head into today. 1, the @wisgop attempt to do @WsconsinMC's bidding is based on a faulty premise and general dislike of The Poors, and 2, the GOP education budget is flat-out racist.
2/ We know the GOP is doing WMC's bidding, because WMC announced the agenda for today even before the Assembly leadership did. Great work here by @mellconklin: urbanmilwaukee.com/2021/07/26/gop…
3/ Further, the attempt to override @GovEvers's veto on the $300 pandemic UI extension is based not on the realities of the Wisconsin job market, but on a desire to punish people who have lost good-paying jobs. @MikeBradleyMKE had a good thread yesterday:
1/12 Today, @DHSWI reported a record 7,065 new #COVID cases in #Wisconsin. The last five days have been the five highest reports. There are 57,985 active cases, a record. 68,590 cases reported in the last 14 days, a record. 121,300 in the last 30 days, yes--a record.
2/12 Here's an infographic. I thought maybe this would help people understand better what the deal is. Spread far and wide please.
3/12 DHS announced 45 deaths today. There have been 225 deaths reported so far this month, 270 deaths reported since Nov. 1, making November the fourth-deadliest month of the pandemic. In 7 days. There have been 877 deaths reported in the last 30 days.
1/10 Today, @DHSWI reported a record 6,141 new #COVID cases in #Wisconsin. The last four days have been the four highest reports. There are 55,684 active cases, a record. 65,586 cases reported in the last 14 days, a record. 117,367 in the last 30 days, a record.
2/10 So far in November, there have been 30,695 new cases reported. That's more cases than January, February, March, April, May *AND* June combined. Seriously people, in the last 6 days, we did as much as the first 6 months.
3/10 DHS announced 62 deaths today, the second-highest one-day total. There have been 225 deaths reported so far this month, 284 in the last 7 days, and 841 in the last 30 days. People, wear your masks.
1/10 Today, @DHSWI reported 5,922 new #COVID cases in #Wisconsin, second only to yesterday's high. There are 54,326 active cases, a record high. 63,824 cases have been reported in the last 14 days. 40 weeks into this pandemic; 25.5% of all cases have been reported in the last 2.
2/10 So far in November, there have been 24,554 new cases reported. At that rate, we might hit 150,000 cases this month. In the last 30 days, we reported 113,545 cases, as many cases as were reported between January 29 and September 26, 241 days.
3/10 DHS announced 38 deaths today as well. There have been 246 deaths reported in the last week, which is more than in the entire months of June, July, Aug, *or* Sep. There have been 795 deaths in the last 30 days, more than in March, April, May, *and* June combined.