South Dakota’s failure to control the coronavirus is going to catch up with us economically. After Egyptian traders suspended their ag trade talks with us last month for fear of catching our uncontrolled cooties, Kansas has now joined the more than one dozen states that have imposed travel restrictions on South Dakotans, making it harder for our wheeler-dealers to jet about and convince others that South Dakota is a great place to do business.
And now, hitting South Dakotans squarely where they live, out-of-state universities are withdrawing from a big basketball tournament in Sioux Falls:
Restrictions in Ohio, which require a traveler coming from South Dakota to quarantine for 14 days has already impacted the Crossover Classic basketball event scheduled for Nov. 25-27 in Sioux Falls.
The Columbus Dispatch, the buckeyextra website, and Jeff Goodman of Goodman Hoops, have reported the Ohio State University men’s basketball team has dropped out of the Crossover Classic because of Ohio’s quarantine restriction as it applies to South Dakota.
Earlier this week, Utah announced it withdrew from the event and media reported concerns about COVID-19 in South Dakota prompted the withdrawal [Rae Yost, “Kansas Joins the List to Restrict Travel from South Dakota; Ohio’s Restriction Causes Ohio State to Drop Out of Sioux Falls Event,” KELO-TV, 2020.11.05].
Maybe when coronavirus starts affecting basketball, South Dakotans (our leaders and all those regular folks still packing the bleachers, as if shared sacrifice and community responsibility are alien concepts) will finally get it through their heads that we need to take this pandemic more seriously.
Kansas, Utah, Ohio: We will not be attending this super-spreader event.
South Dakota: MMA IS THE FUTURE
The worst basketball news is that the Coyote women have to play both games one day apart in Brookings. Who came up with that one? That hour and a half drive was to much for the Jacks?
There is a lot of economic loss with this as well. “The economy is at a very tenuous moment. Because there’s no further fiscal relief, we could go back and have another downturn and a loss in GDP. So a lot of it is very dependent on what the federal government does. The economy is still struggling and a lot of people within the economy are still struggling.”
Presently, we have no government to speak of. January 2021 cannot come soon enough to put an end to the failure we have seen since trump soiled the White House.
GNOem and the republican legislature have killed another 28 South Dakotan’s along with 1,500 more infections today. When will we finally admit the truth, these bozo’s are failures, whatever they are selling, is nothing but poison.
Iowa has the nation’s second highest positive covid rate behind you know who, and guv Reynolds is sounding like covid Kristie in passing the responsibility onto citizens.
United States
Coronavirus Cases:
10,041,118
Deaths:
242,081
That’s alot of coronavirus cases in this hoax.
This event should be renamed Kelby’s Covid Classic. I can’t get my “non-emergency” cancer surgery until there is enough staff at Sanford to handle Covid patients, but Kelby can fly basketball teams in from around the country for his viewing pleasure.
Monument Health, short on help. Geesh, who could’ve seen this coming? trump/GNOem and their republican sycophant’s, screwed the pooch on this as well. No immigrants to come in the country to help us either. This trump virus ain’t even getting warmed up yet, worse to come. Dumbest damn bunch ever, failure be their name.
“As the state reported Monument Health hospitals were caring for 80 COVID-19 patients alone Friday and as Pennington County officials reported the hospital system was significantly stressed and on “divert status” Thursday, the hospital system put out a press release explaining the situation as COVID-19 cases increase.
Monument Health cites increasing COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations in western South Dakota and a “continued nursing shortage across the nation” as two main reasons for the stressed capacity in the health system.” Rapid City Journal 11.06.20
There is little-to-no difference in how South Dakota mishandled this Covid public health crisis from how North Dakota mishandled it.
“Last week, White House coronavirus response coordinator Deborah Birx toured Bismarck and described our mitigation efforts as the worst of any of the places she’s visited. It was a depressing reminder of our state’s failures.”
Governors Deer-in-the-headlights Burgum and noem do not have what it takes to lead.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/06/north-dakota-covid-19-cases/
Remember the republican mantra that was used on Obama. Guess the repubs know something about “leading from behind” or maybe not leading at all.
GNOem and her republican legislators have now killed 523 South Dakotan’s and infected tens of thousands both here and across the country. Mass killers all.
iowa reports 4249 new cases and 14 new deaths, meanwhile, drumpf releases all control of pandemic in a fit of snit and ….
United States
Coronavirus Cases:
10,157,023
Deaths:
243,128