SHUTDOWNS
Shelter-in-place order and shutdown of everything non-essential from Tuesday March 24 to
Monday April 13. Friday, May 1. (
archive) (
executive order saved on KF) Travel between primary homes and secondary homes is banned. Gardening sections of stores are closed. (
archive - extension). Marijuana shops are open. Tobacco shops are closed (
archive). K-12 schools suspended for remainder of year, but alternate learning plans will be implemented (
archive) (
archive).
The Big Three Auto manufacturers (Ford, GM, Chrysler) are closing all factories in the USA, putting well over 150,000 workers out of work. This figure does not include workers at supplier factories, which will also be obliged to close. (
archive) (
archive) (
archive). They will be making a small number of parts for emergency vehicles, and GM will be helping Ventec, a company that makes ventilators (
archive - ventilators). Ford will be helping 3M and GE Healthcare to make respirators and ventilators (
archive).
ECONOMY AND MISCELLANY
Unemployment so high that claims must be made on certain days, based on claimant's last name (
archive).
Big Brother is watching, and he approves. Massive phone-tracking project reveals Michigan travel down by 45%, compared to 40% nation-wide (
website) (
news article archive).
Car crashes are down, fatal car crashes are down, and overall death is actually down. (
archive - April 12)
FREE STUFF!
Evictions suspended while the state of emergency lasts (
archive)
Water will be turned back on for all households while the crisis lasts (
archive)
FREEDOM!
Semi-trucks carrying essential supplies can ignore seasonal road weight limits (
archive).
Distilleries can make hand sanitizer without a permit (
archive).
Pharmacists may prescribe 60 days of emergency medication and may substitute drugs without physicians approval in event of shortages (
archive). Various other medical restrictions loosened (
archive).
Restaurants can sell food like grocery stores (
archive).
HEALTH CARE
Detroit hospitals are at or near capacity and have reached the point of moving patients out to other hospitals (
archive - March 30). (
archive of Detroit triage plans)
Detroit hospital staff protest unsafe patient-to-nurse ratio. Asked to leave hospital. Still plan to come back to work. (
Their video;
news article archive)
Hydroxychloroquine banned by governor's order (archive). Nevermind LOL! Now she's asking the federal government for it and claiming the ban was a typo in the first place. (
archive). Detroit-area hospitals are testing the drug's effectiveness as a preventative on first responders and health-care workers (
archive).
Up-to-date count of available hospital beds, etc. in the State (the Detroit area is "Section 2, North and South". (
government website)
Field hospital in Detroit scaled back after drop in cases. Original plan was to open with 1,100 beds. Now they are only going to open with 250, planned to open April 20. (
archive - April 11)
LAW AND ORDER
All localities given more discretion to release prisoners early (
archive). The State prison system is not currently releasing inmates early.
Lansing (the capitol) police are not physically responding to minor crimes such as larceny, property damage, and break-ins to unoccupied buildings, including garages. Other police are adopting similar policies (
archive) (
archive).
Detroit crime still down (
archive - April 12); Muskegon police report crime is up (
archive).
Breaking the lockdown is a misdemeanor, punishable by $1500 fines and 90 days jail time. Governor Gretchen Whitmer (D) has stated there will not be a "ramp up" of police enforcement (
archive). The attorney general has left it to local law enforcement to close businesses, as her hands are full with price-gougers and con artists (
archive).
The police cannot, at present, pull drivers over simply for being out during the shutdown (
archive).
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