I don't think that the Republicans in the Michigan Legislature want to "shut down the shutdown", they just want to prevent our governor from unilaterally extending her emergency executive orders indefinitely without legislative approval. I'm not sure exactly what our governor wants, but she seems to be testing the system to see what she can get away with. I don't think that either of them want to see the death toll rise just so somebody can or cannot get re-elected.
Speaking of the death toll, Michigan has a population of less than 10 million, while Illinois has a population of over 12 million, yet Michigan is reporting over a thousand more corona deaths than Illinois. The deaths in both states are concentrated in the urban metro areas, which is to be expected because that's where most of the people are. Both states began their lockdown about the same time, and the restrictions therein are similar. Michigan generally has a cooler climate than Illinois, but their major metro areas are climatically closer to each other than either is to the rest of their states. Although Michigan may have more poor people than Illinois, we don't know this for a fact. Somebody should investigate that.
Of course I believe whatever I want. Doesn't everybody?
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