Mr. Bowen and Dr. Bright shared a common cause. They both engaged the federal government with warnings and none of the warnings were heeded.

Here is a warning that should be heeded. 

Wisconsin will have a problem again as they hadn't before. While the Wisconsin courts seem to think the "hot spot" involved only a meat processing plant and the "regular" people didn't' need to be in quarantine, they didn't consider the population of independent car drivers.

I sincerely hope Wisconsin night clubs are checking IDs to see how many out of area people are now enjoying Wisconsin's open social venues. It might be good for business, but, bad for viral sequestration. If the clubs are transmission points for out of state patrons, that means they will bring the virus to Wisconsin and then back to their own state and cause an uptick after they partied in Wisconsin.

It is called absent central leadership.

May 14, 2020

Gov. J.B. Pritzker (click here) said Thursday that the Chicago region has joined the three others in the state in being on track to move to the next phase of his regional reopening plan on May 29.

The northeast region, which includes Cook County, the collar counties and a few others, now has a positivity rate of less than 20% on screenings for the new coronavirus. A positivity rate of less than 20% that doesn’t increase by more than 10 percentage points over 14 days is one of the key criteria for reopening portions of the economy under Pritzker’s “Restore Illinois” plan.

However, on Wednesday, Mayor Lori Lightfoot made clear that Chicago’s lakefront won’t reopen anytime soon, even while offering hope that some businesses could expand in the next phase of her reopening plan.

“Reopening will be like slowly turning on a dimmer, not flipping a light switch,” Lightfoot said....