California Governor Gavin Newsom issued a third extension to his State of Emergency regarding COVID. Newsom originally issued the order on March 2020. Newsom issued the original order in March 2020. The updated order specifically addresses provisions from two follow up orders, which were issued in August and Oct of 2018. This extends their duration to March 2022.
Even though the words justifying this order are chilling, it is not likely for what Newsom believes.
WHEREAS California has stopped recording week-over-week declines in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations, which demonstrates a plateau and the potential beginning of a new surge in COVID-19 cases; and WHEREAS as flu season approaches, it is critical that California’s health care facilities, already short-staffed and backlogged from the Delta variant and with high-levels of non-COVID-19 admissions, have the flexibilities that they need for additional capacity and to prevent staffing shortages; and WHEREAS California continues to prioritize efforts to vaccinate a ll eligible individuals against COVID-19, including ensuring access to boosters and vaccines for newly eligible populations; and WHEREAS supporting robust COVID-19 testing capacity remains critical in the efforts to protect public health and mitigate the impacts of the pandemic; and WHEREAS continued flexibility in non-hospital settings remains necessary to support these ongoing testing and vaccination efforts and to minimize the threat of COVID-19 to vulnerable Californians; and WHEREAS under the provisions of Government Code section 8571, I find that strict compliance with various statutes, regulations, and certain local ordinances specified or referenced herein would prevent, hinder, or delay appropriate actions to prevent and mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Translation: You’re all gonna die without me!
Given national trends, the continued crisis is quite puzzling. According to national trends, the new number of cases is steadily declining. This trend has continued since September’s beginning. Florida’s seven-day average has dropped to less than 1,500 from over 21,000 cases per day in August. Even California’s seven-day moving average has gone from nearly 15,000 at the beginning of September to under 6,300. This is why there should be panic. Other than the panic Newsom and other state officials might feel when they consider how Florida is open for business and California … well, isn’t.
California’s vaccination rate is 72.6%. That’s almost three out of four. That’s a huge number. It’s enough to get people talking about that herd protection mantra often cited by our compassionate overlord wannabes. Every day we are assured each and every vaccine out there is totally safe and absolutely positively guaranteed to protect us from COVID except when they don’t, which is probably Aaron Rodgers’ fault.
Is it possible (here, I’ll answer that before asking: no) to believe this is anything other than Newsom on a power trip? There might be an increase in COVID. A flu epidemic could be possible. An asteroid might be hitting the planet next month, but it’s a safe bet even an executive order wouldn’t change its course. Rather than do something about supply chain issues (which his state’s policies are almost exclusively responsible for) or insane gas prices or rampant inflation, or rampaging crime (all of which are far worse in California than the rest of the nation), Gavin Newsom has chosen to do what he does best outside of keeping Brylcreem profitable. Namely, flail away at a strawman while ignoring the multiple dire wolves gathering at California’s door.
Oh, and let’s not forget that a certain part of this is likely to be retribution. In Newsom’s mind the state’s residents, and especially its journalists, really shouldn’t have questioned where Newsom was between October 27 and November 8. And they really shouldn’t have forced him to reveal that he’d attended the Hunger Games-inspired wedding of a Big Oil heiress, officiated by our country’s version of Effie Trinket, Nancy Pelosi.
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