Federal District Judge Michael Stickman, a Trump appointee, has denied a motion by the Governor of Pennsylvania to stay pending appeal his order vacating most of the lockdown restrictions of the state of Pennsylvania. Go here to read about the original order. My favorite part of the denial order:
The protests that swept across the Commonwealth throughout the summer are another example of where the record dispels Defendants’ suggestion of immediate and irreparable harm if they cannot impose specific numeric limitations. While the plain language of Defendants’ orders makes no allowance for protests, Defendants’ own actions and the statements of their witnesses show that they do not view that type of gathering as posing a risk of immediate and irreparable harm. Governor Wolf, for example, personally participated in a large protest. The photo of that protest does not indicate that social distancing requirements were honored or enforced.
That will leave a mark!
Stickman had to be smiling when he wrote these words. The Left has a hard time seeing the contractions in its efforts to save mankind—or get re-elected, or get paid off.
According to The CDC’s best estimates the chances are surviving a COVID-19 infection are (broken down by age group):
0-19: 99.997%
20-49: 99.98%
50-69: 99.5%
70+: 94.6%
Only makes sense to use emergency powers to protect the very elderly, since they are the only people in real danger. And of course these are precisely the people that tyrant governors are not protecting.