The Governor quietly extended the current 'emergency' orders from MDHHS through March 29th. Despite a very thorough and well thought out plan by the Hospitality Association, and stating no exit plan, our venues and restaurants are still saddled with 25% occupancy.
Despite positivity rates at 3.5%, and hospitalization rates are near summertime lows, businesses around the State continue to try and stay open. Nearly 4,000 restaurants have permanently closed, and this latest extension will only shutter more businesses.
As these charts show, hospitalizations rates have never come close to the rates we saw in April last year. Even at November's "peak", the SE Mich hospitals were still 50% lower than the beds occupied in April.
If we are supposed to be following science, why are these numbers ignored?
Businesses need predictability, after nearly 1-year of quarantines, and so-called emergency orders, we not only demand it, but are owed it.
