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Home Front: Politix
SD Gov. Noem Drops a Truth Bomb on Critics Demanding She Issue a Stay-at-Home Order
2020-04-20
[TOWNHALL] South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) is one of the few governors that decided not to issue a stay-at-home order during the Wuhan coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
pandemic. Her decision was based on the fact that her state had very few cases and she did not want to trample on South Dakotans' civil liberties.

Critics are now citing an outbreak at the Sioux Falls Smithfield Foods, which had 438 employees test positive for the virus, as a reason to issue a lockdown. Another 107 people who came into contact with the processing plant also tested positive. As of now, the state has 1,311 cases of the Wuhan coronavirus and seven deaths.

Despite that, Noem believes a statewide stay-at-home order is not the answer.

"We have one issue at a pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, but outside of that, two-thirds of our state has no cases or one case in an entire county," Noem explained to Fox News' Laura Ingraham. "We're doing really well as a state and addressing the one hot spot that we do have and aggressively testing in that area."
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Posted by:Fred

#17  Maybe they wouldn't have pushed 'work while sick' if the Chinese Swine Flu wasn't destroying (not decimating) their home-grown pigs.
Posted by: Bobby   2020-04-20 18:39  

#16  Just the Supervisors
Posted by: Frank G   2020-04-20 13:37  

#15  We have one issue at a Chinese owned pork processing plant in Sioux Falls

Expropriation can be fun! Let's try it!
Posted by: Tom   2020-04-20 13:37  

#14  Watch this lady. She might be presidential timber.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-04-20 13:36  

#13  #10 English one of them?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru PB   2020-04-20 13:35  

#12  We have one issue at a Chinese owned pork processing plant in Sioux Falls

Just one little addition for you, ma'am. It's likely to have some bearing on the matter.
Posted by: Abu Uluque   2020-04-20 13:35  

#11  Must give the union stewards fits.
Posted by: Clem   2020-04-20 12:59  

#10  Had a local two nights ago told me there are 37 languages spoken in that plant.
Posted by: Woodrow   2020-04-20 12:55  

#9  There's that swine involvement again.
Posted by: Clem   2020-04-20 12:42  

#8  Pity that such a modicum of competence is such an outlier.
Posted by: Iblis   2020-04-20 12:41  

#7  Brazilian billionaire brothers are forced to close two of their US meat packing plants after 'encouraging work while sick culture' that saw four employees die of COVID-19 and more than 100 test positive
Posted by: Skidmark   2020-04-20 09:51  

#6  And yet another reason for bringing back manufacturing to the U.S.

The Chinese Billionaire Whose Company Owns Troubled Pork Processor Smithfield Foods in
South Dakota.
Posted by: JohnQC   2020-04-20 09:30  

#5  Just like with "gun control," it seems the places with the most draconian measures in place have the most problems. Of course it mainly comes down to population density, but regulating that is simply not on the table. Yet.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2020-04-20 09:22  

#4  She's smart. Being hot also helps
Posted by: Frank G   2020-04-20 09:01  

#3  Ahhh, the ultimate snob magazine!
Posted by: Raj   2020-04-20 08:36  

#2  The world view of the media/critics.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2020-04-20 07:13  

#1  You go, girl!!
Posted by: Clem   2020-04-20 05:51  

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