<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Absolutely nuts!<br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPad</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 3, 2021, at 8:55 PM, Roger Hayes <rhayesmoscowid@gmail.com> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div dir="ltr">And soon it will result in having to go back due to spiking infections. After almost a year of this one would think that Little would start to see a connection. Or maybe he is complying with the idiots is the House. </div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 9:45 AM Tom Hansen <<a href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><div>Courtesy of KHQ-6 at:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.khq.com/news/idaho-moves-into-stage-3-of-coronavirus-reopening-plan/article_33892e66-657a-11eb-acbd-17a985506fd8.html" target="_blank">https://www.khq.com/news/idaho-moves-into-stage-3-of-coronavirus-reopening-plan/article_33892e66-657a-11eb-acbd-17a985506fd8.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>————————————————-</div><div><br></div><div><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:42px;margin:0px 100px 0px 0px;font-family:"Titillium Web",sans-serif;font-weight:400;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(12,12,12)"><span style="box-sizing:border-box">Idaho moves into ‘Stage 3’ of coronavirus reopening plan</span></h1></div><div><br></div><div><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho Gov. Brad little is moving the state into “Stage 3” of his coronavirus reopening plan, lessening restrictions on the size of group gatherings as the rate of COVID-19 infections continues to drop statewide.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Little made the announcement Tuesday morning, urging residents to “stay vigilant” in working to slow the spread of the virus.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">“When we moved back to Stage 2 in November, case counts were spiking and hospitals were bracing for the worst,” Little said in a prepared statement. “Today, thanks to our collective good efforts, those case counts are much lower and trending downward. Idaho now has one of the lowest rates of spread in the nation.”<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">There were just under 434 new cases for every 100,000 Idaho residents in the past two weeks, ranking the state 35th in the country for new cases per capita, according to numbers from John Hopkins University. One in every 560 people in Idaho tested positive for COVID-19 in the past week.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"> </span></p><p style="margin:0in;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;box-sizing:border-box"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Little noted that a new, more contagious strain of COVID-19 has been detected in the states surrounding Idaho and will likely be detected within the state soon. Idaho doesn’t have as much testing capability as many other states, and doesn’t routinely test for new COVID-19 variants.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><br></div>————————————————-<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Seeya 'round town, Moscow, because . . .</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">"Moscow Cares" (the most fun you can have with your pants on)</span></div><div><a href="http://www.moscowcares.com/" target="_blank">http://www.moscowcares.com/</a></div><div><br></div><div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Tom Hansen</span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">Moscow, Idaho</span></div></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color:rgba(255,255,255,0)">“I’m a Card-Carrying, Bleeding-Heart Liberal”</span></div><div><a href="http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Im_a_Card_Carrying_Bleeding_Heart_Liberal.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.tomandrodna.com/MoscowCares/Songs/Im_a_Card_Carrying_Bleeding_Heart_Liberal.mp3</a></div><div><br></div><div>“A stranger is just a friend you haven’t met.”</div><div>- Roy E. Stolworthy</div><div></div></div></div>=======================================================<br>
List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>
serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>
<a href="http://www.fsr.net" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.net</a><br>
mailto:<a href="mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">Vision2020@moscow.com</a><br>
=======================================================</blockquote></div>
</div></div>
<span>=======================================================</span><br><span> List services made available by First Step Internet,</span><br><span> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.</span><br><span> http://www.fsr.net</span><br><span> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com</span><br><span>=======================================================</span></div></blockquote></body></html>