Virginians — Why aren’t you mad as hell at Governor Northam?

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He’s done a great job with coronavirus. No complaints.

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Anonymous wrote:He’s done a great job with coronavirus. No complaints.

Yep. We’re lucky to have him.

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Yes, I’m mad at Northam and my local Arlington govt. close nonessentials! Open the elementary. Teachers are essential, not bars and gyms!!

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I’m mad at Northam and my local Arlington govt. close nonessentials! Open the elementary. Teachers are essential, not bars and gyms!!

Can't agree more. Close bars, indoor dining, gyms until schools can open.

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Anonymous wrote:Why not mad as hell? Because overall he has been a reasonable, intelligent, sound, attentive, effective Governor. I’d vote for him again in a second.

Same.

Ditto. He's doing a great job, and his soaring job approval ratings this Spring shows that most Virginias agree. So, the opposite of Trump.

+1 He's done a great job.

He’s a great example of why term limits work. He made the unpopular calls. And in NOVA where we are (mostly) complying with guidance, we are in good shape. And lucky. For a major metro area, we don’t have that many college kids coming back. Just Mason, which isn’t as large or bad as it could be.

That's a good point regarding term limits. I think he's done a good job on COVID stuff.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, I’m mad at Northam and my local Arlington govt. close nonessentials! Open the elementary. Teachers are essential, not bars and gyms!!

I have seen a number of posts like this that tie bars, restaurants etc to school closings. Come on, let's be real. Northam could close every bar and restaurant in Virginia and Arlington Public Schools would still do 100% DL. We all know that.

Northam has already put restrictions on bars. He will do more if he thinks it will help. But the difference between say restaurants and schools is the same as the difference between child care and schools. One is a business, the other is a governmental institution and the dynamics and incentives are different. Clamping down on one is not likely to make a difference in what happens with the other.

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Anonymous wrote:He’s done a great job with coronavirus. No complaints.

Yep. We’re lucky to have him.

Agreed.

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Virginia Covid Numbers are up! Time to be more objective! We're now on the NY quarantine list. I haven't seen my daughter in NYC in months! I'm not liking this!

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I was very happy with him, but honestly the rising COVID numbers in parts of the state are driving up our state-wide averages (hello NY quarantine) and I can’t believe he has asserted zero leadership in trying to work with teachers and health experts in getting our schools to open.

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Anonymous wrote:Virginia Covid Numbers are up! Time to be more objective! We're now on the NY quarantine list. I haven't seen my daughter in NYC in months! I'm not liking this!

Go see you daughter studied. Nothing is stopping you

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Time to crack down, Governor Northam! Covid Rates are too high! We can't even visit our NYC out of state daughter and son in law due to Virginia Covid stats.
This information is on WTOP.com today . Look at the graphs for Virginia: https://wtop.com/coronavirus/2020/08/coronavirus-test-results-in-dc-maryland-and-virginia/
BTW, "Breaking News: Maryland's statewide positivity rate for COVID-19 has fallen to under 4% for the first time. Montgomery County’s rate is at a record low of 2.5%." Virginian's must do better!

8/7/2020

Virginia
Number of total cases*: 97,882 (+2,015)

COVID-19-related and probable deaths: 2,317 (+18)
Currently hospitalized, per VHHA: 1,372 (+23)
Recoveries**: 12,725 (+90)
Total number of tests^: 1,205,004 (+13,700)

*includes positive test results and probable cases

**Confirmed COVID-19 patients who were hospitalized and have since been discharged, according to the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association.

^includes diagnostic/PCR tests only

Number of new COVID-19 cases in DC, Md. and Va.
Daily number of new cases. Note that reported cases do not indicate when and how a patient became infected, and are tied with trends in testing. Darker lines represent 7-day averages.