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1. WSJ: Michigan Woman Defies State Travel Advisory

This is a delightful gem from WSJ. Enjoy!

Lansing resident sensibly visits vaccinated father who lives in Florida, where protection of seniors is prioritized.

2. At least one Michigan resident has had it with the state’s seemingly endless series of aggressive and ineffective restrictions and recommendations against individual liberty.

3. And she just might inspire a nationwide revolt against Covid rules that continue to burden citizens in many states—even after the administration of more than 213 million vaccine doses nationwide.

4. David Eggert reports for the Associated Press on the plucky Michigander who was not about to let misguided state policy deny her a chance to visit a cherished family member.

Her name is Gretchen Whitmer.!!!

5. Gretchen Whitmer, a resident of Lansing, appears to have hit her personal lockdown limit sometime within the last several months. And haven’t we all? But what’s especially encouraging about her rejection of Michigan Covid policy is that she is its principal author.

6. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer traveled out of state more than a month ago to visit her elderly father, a snowbird who has lived in Florida and has a chronic disease, her office said Monday.

7. The disclosure confirmed reporting by the Lansing-based publication MIRS. It came weeks after the governor warned the public about spring break trips, particularly to Florida, amid a surge in coronavirus cases.

8. Two of Gretchen Whitmer's top aides, including Michigan’s health director, vacationed in southern states despite a state recommendation to avoid travel.

9. Now that Ms. Whitmer and her colleagues have joined the campaign against Whitmer policy, their example could be extremely powerful. The Democratic governor’s rejection of her own advice was eminently sensible.

10. Her father, fortunate to live in Florida, where policy prioritizes the protection of senior citizens, had already been vaccinated. Let’s hope their special time together wasn’t spoiled by some cranky family member insisting on masks even for the vaccinated.

11. Let’s also hope that Michigan residents outside the public sector will also be free to be with the people they love.

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