Minnesota’s officials need to be honest about Covid-19
The people of this state have sacrificed much in the fight against Covid-19. They deserve the truth. And they do not deserve to have their sacrifices downplayed to cover for…
The people of this state have sacrificed much in the fight against Covid-19. They deserve the truth. And they do not deserve to have their sacrifices downplayed to cover for…
Department of Health data shows that cases and the positivity rate were falling before the latest shutdown began on November 20th.
Twenty people from three households or fifteen people from four households can't get together outdoors, but 100 people from any number of households can. What is the basis for that?
There are those who are subject to the law, like Larvita McFarquhar, and those who are not, like the 'activists' who have seized effective control of a chunk of Minneapolis.…
Their event is important, yours isn't. This is 'One Minnesota'.
Given the zeal which Attorney General Keith Ellison has shown for clamping down on those business which are deemed in breach of Gov. Walz' orders, surely the organizers of this…
People's livelihoods hinge on the decisions made based - allegedly - on the data these interviewers are collecting. Minnesotans deserve greater transparency from the state government than they are getting.
If the Department of Health's aim is to find out what the vectors of transmission actually are, their questions are very poorly designed. If, by contrast, they are trying to…
We at the Center certainly do not think that bars and restaurants on reservations should close. But it is hard to understand why a state government that can stamp on…
If Minnesotans have been masking up and distancing to the extent that we have all but eradicated flu this season, then non-compliance with the mask mandate cannot be to blame…
Whatever policy the state government pursues, we see the same pattern in the rate of new cases in Minnesota and each of its neighbors: a marked upward surge between mid-August…
Total average hospitalizations in the state are also down: 12.5% - or 857 beds - from their peak in the seven days up to and including November 10th.
The Department of Health's own data shows that extending the shutdown will have little impact on the spread of Covid-19, but a devastating impact on Minnesota's bars and restaurants.
If Minnesota's Covid-19 contact tracers are only asking about bars and restaurants, they will be over-represented in the numbers. Why won't the Department of Health tell us what questions they…
When Health Commissioner Jan Malcolm said on Friday that “The good news is that over the last couple weeks, we have seen a leveling off...I think that’s because our governor put…
New BLS data show that businesses with low paying jobs, unlike those with high paying jobs, were more likely to tell workers not to work and also not have telework…