Health Department Closed Eleven Straight Days in the Midst of a Pandemic - The Ludington Torch2024-03-29T06:12:19Zhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/forum/topics/health-department-closed-eleven-straight-days-in-the-middle-of-a-?commentId=4689834%3AComment%3A1299778&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThe U.S. Post Office in Macom…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2021-01-01:4689834:Comment:12997782021-01-01T18:12:36.605ZAQUAMANhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/AQUAMAN
<p>The U.S. Post Office in Macomb County in Detroit has also been closed now for about 2 weeks for vacation during the Holidays. Really? Yes, and confirmed by our local supervisor too. This is where all the forwarding mail goes if you are out of state or town having forwarding done. NICE EH? What it amounts to is all your forwarded mail is in lock down, and your billings will all be late in payment, causing late fees and finance charges now and into the near future. Some utilities may also shut…</p>
<p>The U.S. Post Office in Macomb County in Detroit has also been closed now for about 2 weeks for vacation during the Holidays. Really? Yes, and confirmed by our local supervisor too. This is where all the forwarding mail goes if you are out of state or town having forwarding done. NICE EH? What it amounts to is all your forwarded mail is in lock down, and your billings will all be late in payment, causing late fees and finance charges now and into the near future. Some utilities may also shut you off. These people too have no common sense nor ability to think with any brain power, pathetic, and unjust actions cause thousands suffering.</p>
<p></p> Thanks for the information on…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2020-12-29:4689834:Comment:12984242020-12-29T19:36:26.082ZWillyhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/willy
<p>Thanks for the information on Gretchen's FOIA regulations. Like a good leftist she allowed the wheels of Government to be put into low gear. Your right about TB. It's a nasty way to die.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information on Gretchen's FOIA regulations. Like a good leftist she allowed the wheels of Government to be put into low gear. Your right about TB. It's a nasty way to die.</p> Early on in the shutdowns whe…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2020-12-29:4689834:Comment:12979752020-12-29T05:45:57.097ZXLFDhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen
<p>Early on in the shutdowns when Governor Gretchen prohibited local governments from doing their non-essential services (making many of us wonder why there was so much non-essential activities being done by local governments in the first place), she allowed FOIA coordinators discretion on response times because keeping the public informed was non-essential to her. The suspension lasted until early June (was not renewed possibly because of a couple lawsuits filed against it), the early April…</p>
<p>Early on in the shutdowns when Governor Gretchen prohibited local governments from doing their non-essential services (making many of us wonder why there was so much non-essential activities being done by local governments in the first place), she allowed FOIA coordinators discretion on response times because keeping the public informed was non-essential to her. The suspension lasted until early June (was not renewed possibly because of a couple lawsuits filed against it), the early April executive order allowed a public body to wait until that time to respond, permitting a public body to take over two months to respond to even a simple FOIA request. </p>
<p>The City of Ludington, to the credit of their city manager and attorney, did not take advantage of this and timely responded to my requests during that time. </p>
<p>I am currently working on another article on disarming statistics. More people will likely die of tuberculosis than coronavirus this year, both have been estimated to kill around 1.8 million worldwide this year. <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/08/covid-set-to-cause-400000-surge-in-tb-deaths-as-medics-diverted" target="_blank" rel="noopener">TB deaths are expected</a> to be up 400K more this year because of health care's focus on Covid.</p> Like any other Government age…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2020-12-28:4689834:Comment:12974202020-12-28T02:01:41.080ZWillyhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/willy
<p>Like any other Government agency the public comes last and there own comes first. Your problem X, with obtaining documents, is not unexpected and frankly I'm surprised the Governor has not suspended the FIOA regulations during this boondoggle. Just like the flu it's expected that more people will become infected when more folks stay inside. That's always the case during cold and flu season. And Oceana county has a large…</p>
<p>Like any other Government agency the public comes last and there own comes first. Your problem X, with obtaining documents, is not unexpected and frankly I'm surprised the Governor has not suspended the FIOA regulations during this boondoggle. Just like the flu it's expected that more people will become infected when more folks stay inside. That's always the case during cold and flu season. And Oceana county has a large <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2020/10/26/acting-cbp-commissioner-mark-morgan-explains-how-illegal-immigrants-are-helping-spread-covid19-n2578679" target="_blank">illegal alien</a> population which has proven to be a major spreader of Covid. If they become sick they visit the only large medical center in the area which is located in Mason County. The swamp has created a slush pond of disinformation and are all to willing to make the citizens suffer thru this. Do the statistics below prove that we are in a Covid19 crisis as the left wants us to believe. It may be a crisis for the elderly but almost the same number of people have died from Pneumonia as from Covid19. Over 9,000 people dying from Covid is nothing to sneeze about but so is the thousands who died from</p>
<p>Pneumonia and the 100,000 who died from all causes this year.</p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/Provisional/CvdTable2.asp" target="_blank">https://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/Provisional/CvdTable2.asp</a></p>
<p><a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/updated-michigan-covid-19-deaths-by-age/ar-BB1bXixu" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/more-sports/updated-michigan-covid...</a></p>
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<p><a href="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8348452298?profile=original" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><img src="https://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8348452298?profile=RESIZE_710x" class="align-full"/></a></p> My comment attempted a sarcas…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2020-12-28:4689834:Comment:12973512020-12-28T01:33:57.349ZFreedom Seekerhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/FreedomSeeker
My comment attempted a sarcastic flair. It's a shame that so many government agencies are politicizing and taking advantage of the pandemic to produce less out put and services to those who pay their wages while having their livelihoods crushed by executive orders.
My comment attempted a sarcastic flair. It's a shame that so many government agencies are politicizing and taking advantage of the pandemic to produce less out put and services to those who pay their wages while having their livelihoods crushed by executive orders. Their release shows that all…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2020-12-28:4689834:Comment:12974162020-12-28T00:54:39.778ZXLFDhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/TheLudingtonCitizen
<p>Their <a href="https://www.dhd10.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DHD10_PressRelease_HolidayHours_12.17.2020.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">release</a> shows that all offices of DHD#10 will be closed, and their FOIA reply indicates that this closure affects even activities that are not in-person. This announcement has no source, nor does it include any kind of authorization from DHHS. It's like they are telling all of us: "We're tired of making infographics on data that is otherwise…</p>
<p>Their <a href="https://www.dhd10.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/DHD10_PressRelease_HolidayHours_12.17.2020.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">release</a> shows that all offices of DHD#10 will be closed, and their FOIA reply indicates that this closure affects even activities that are not in-person. This announcement has no source, nor does it include any kind of authorization from DHHS. It's like they are telling all of us: "We're tired of making infographics on data that is otherwise kept secret from the public, we need eleven days to recuperate from our non-transparency over the last eleven months."</p>
<p>The most sickening part is that the DHHS/DHD is the state agency that has since October kept many businesses that could operate in safety closed down through government edict, robbing their owners and employees of earning an honest living while mega-chains are allowed to stay open and steal their customers and business.</p> Good points, X. Maybe a signi…tag:ludingtoncitizen.ning.com,2020-12-27:4689834:Comment:12971542020-12-27T18:20:23.123ZFreedom Seekerhttps://ludingtoncitizen.ning.com/profile/FreedomSeeker
<p>Good points, X. Maybe a significant number of the DHD #10 staff has covid, but in that case you would think they would say something to that effect to justify taking that much time off in the heat of the pandemic in our region.</p>
<p>Good points, X. Maybe a significant number of the DHD #10 staff has covid, but in that case you would think they would say something to that effect to justify taking that much time off in the heat of the pandemic in our region.</p>