Michigan Republicans have come up with their own pandemic response, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's many executive orders were struck down by the Michigan Supreme Court. | Pixabay
Michigan Republicans have come up with their own pandemic response, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's many executive orders were struck down by the Michigan Supreme Court. | Pixabay
Michigan House Republicans recently created a plan for replacing the unconstitutional COVID-19-related restrictions that had been enacted by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with locally controlled, data-driven measures to ensure the health and safety of state residents.
The plan is meant to give Michiganders a greater sense of certainty, as well as ensure that local communities have measures in place tailored to their numbers and situation, according to the Michigan House Republicans website.
“Over the past seven months, I’ve listened to thousands of people in our community whose lives and livelihoods have been impacted by the state’s response to this crisis,” Rep. Hank Vaupel (R-Fowlerville), who chairs the House Health Policy Committee, told Michigan House Republicans. “They expect and deserve better results, more transparency and decisions that are made based on science. We are committed to working with the governor to get this right and deliver a smarter, more sensible response that works for each individual community.”
Rep. Hank Vaupel
| Michigan House Republicans
Under the Legislature’s plan, local health officials would be empowered to modify coronavirus policies to meet the needs and conditions of their individual communities.
“The people of Michigan deserve a voice and demand certainty on the COVID-19 response in their communities,” Vaupel said, according to Michigan House Republicans. “Our data-driven plan is a better way forward than unilateral and unexplained executive orders to guide the state through the remainder of the pandemic.”
Some of the measures include excluding state or federal prison populations from measures used to determine the current risk level in a community, as well as seeking to ensure sufficient hospital capacity and equipment availability.
“Local residents, small businesses, nonprofits and emergency services will be provided certainty and a great voice on community goals, which must be met and maintained to keep people safe and the curve flattened,” Vaupel told Michigan House Republicans.
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