Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the reopening Friday morning, the latest signal that health officials believe the state is moving past a second wave of the virus that struck in the fall.
…Or the latest signal that Joe Biden was inaugurated as president on Wednesday!
Under a new epidemic order that will last from Feb. 1 through Feb. 21, restaurants and bars will be allowed to offer indoor dining at 25% capacity with up to 100 people, and they must close by 10 p.m. each night. Tables must also be six feet apart with no more than six people per table.
If you don’t live in Michigan like I do, it’s hard to explain the frustration we have endured from Whitmer continually announcing a date on which businesses would reopen, and then, at the last second, dashing everyone’s hopes and extending the lockdown. I swear she has enjoyed it. It’s been maddening.
Just as maddening is the fact that I can tell you for certain, no matter what the Covid numbers look like on Feb. 22, she will further relax the lockdown. She will not clamp us back down or stay the same. She will open up more. Because Joe Biden is president and Donald Trump is not, and that’s it, and that’s all.