A Michigan county judge denied a request by the state attorney general to close down an Owosso barbershop that has now been open for weeks in violation of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s lockdown order.
Shiawassee County Circuit Judge Matthew Stewart ruled against Whitmer on Thursday, refusing to grant an injunction on 77-year-old Karl Manke’s barbershop. Manke opened his shop on May 4 and closed it briefly last week after being served papers from the state attorney general. He again opened his shop on Tuesday, according to The Detroit News.
Stewart said the case was a “close call” but ultimately ruled in favor of Manke because the state could not conclusively show that Manke was a threat to the public by operating his business. The threat to public health “must be actual and not theoretical,” the judge said.
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["The threat to public health must be actual and not theoretical.." a very important phrase going forward. --Editor]
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The risk to the average person has always be theoretical and not actual. Now if you work in a nursing home where there are many perfect hosts for the virus to spread because the elderly have compromised immune systems then your risk goes up when an infection is spreading in closed confined small spaces and you spend a lot to time there. Then you go home and are also spending time in a closed confined area there is risk to others in your household.
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