As expected today Washington Governor Jay Inslee extended his ‘Stay at Home Stay Healthy’order. It will continue until May 4th. Inslee quoted FDR’s first fireside chat during the depths of the Great Depression.
Inslee says the state has millions of masks and other PPE on order in the pipeline over the coming weeks. Then he said this:
“It’s unfortunate because we’ve had to compete against 49 other states, rather than having Federal assistance.”
When asked further about critically needed PPE Inslee said:
“… As I said we need those local manufactures to us build that capacity for the long run, because frankly we just can’t depend on the Federal government to help us. We can’t depend on the federal government doing what it should do, which is to mobilize the entire manufacturing network of the United States to help every state. I hope that will happen. “
After being called a ‘snake’, Inslee was blunt about what needs to happen, Never mind Trump’s famously thin skin.
Inslee went on to say modelers said his order has reduced person to person interactions by 80% across the state,
Inslee did not take the step of canceling school for the rest of this school year.
If you have time do watch the whole thing. Inslee is a master at messaging. He wasn’t sidetracked by a provocative question about gunshops and ranges staying open.
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Dr Fauci agrees with the Stay at Home stratagy.