It's time to cancel Bertha Henry. #cancelBerthaHenry
Who is Bertha Henry
Do you know who Bertha Henry is? I didn't. Apparently she's the person most responsible for you being out of work. The reason Broward is lagging behind the rest of the country. The reason you're not allowed to walk on the beach.
Bertha Henry is the reason you can't go out on a Saturday night to get some time away from the chaos of your young children. She's the Broward County administrator: an un-elected bureaucrat who appears to have dictatorial powers over businesses in a county of 2M people.
Bertha Henry is currently drawing her $347,716 salary while telling you that you can't go to work or open your business.
Bertha Henry is a person who doesn't seem to be smart enough to understand basic Data. From her recent testimony, she appears to be patently clueless about the facts around the COVID19 virus. She doesn't seem to know that it's not smallpox; that it's only dangerous to a certain class of people, and that if you're healthy getting it is no more dangerous than the flu or even a bad cold. Based on her testimony, it would appear that she'd have the entire county on lockdown if there were just a few cases in the entire county. She has a complete lack of perspective on the impact of her actions.
Does she know that 60% of the dealths in Florida are people over 75? Anyone who knows this can come up with smart solutions; solutions that don't punish the many to protect the few. This is what leaders do; Any imbecile can just shut down the county.
A stupid person looks at the Total Cases graph and says to themselves: "Gee, we still have a lot of cases".
A smarter person sees that serious cases are way down, and that tests are way up. If you do 4,000 more tests in a week you're going to have more positives.
The CDC has set up clear guidelines as to what's safe to re-open. Notice the 10% threshold. Broward is way below this threshold. In fact Broward's current testing level is below most other counties that have already re-opened beaches and restaurants.
A person that understands data would also understand that all of the positive tests on people with no symptoms indicates that the virus isn't really a killer; it's just a cold for the vast majority of people. If you happen to have the flu AND COVID19, that's bad. If you're 80years old and get COVID19, that's bad. If you have Lupus and get COVID19, that's bad. If you're healthy, it's not something that requires you to wear a mask and stay in your home. This is common sense based on 3 months of data. The reason you shouldn't have to wear a mask is that the people who need to be cautious should be staying home or at least going out of their way to avoid contact with other people.
I've posted many of these heat maps over the past weeks, and those who've been following along will notice that they HAVEN'T CHANGED at all in the past few weeks. There are 2 hot spots in the entire county. These areas happen to be laden with nursing homes and retirement communities. The City of FortLauderdale has relatively few reported cases.
How about quarantining off the old and the sick? How's that for an idea?
Bertha Henry is not a Smart Person
Why are the beaches closed? To stop rampant sex and random fluid exchange on the sand? This nonsense equating spring break with the beach is a sign of a brain not working properly. How are you going to get a virus at the beach? Ban Volleyball and don't let your kids share their sand shovel with unknown kids. An adult laying on a blanket or walking down the beach has no chance of getting a virus from the air. None at all.
Smart Solutions
You get a cold or virus by getting it on your hands and touching your face. Those that know me know I've never been a hand-shaker; my favorite bartenders know not to extend a hand to me. It's not because I don't like them; it's because people that shake hands with lots of people have lots of germs.
Simple AWARENESS is likely enough to keep you from getting sick, whether it's the coronavirus, the seasonal flu or the common cold. If you hug 30 people a day, you're going to get more exposure to colds and flus than if you don't. When you're out in public, don't touch your face or rub your eyes. When you get home from being out in public, wash your hands thoroughly. Don't stand so close to people that they're breathing on. you. If someone is too close tell them to STEP BACK. I go to bars all the time and hardly ever get sick.
Smart solutions are ones that tell people who are at risk to stay home; If you're afraid, stay home. Wearing a mask to walk your dog is stupid; not hugging your grandparents is smart. Staying out of immune system building sunshine for a month is stupid; taking walks on empty sidewalks on a sunny day is smart.
Bertha Henry Must Go
Moving forward, we must push for the ouster of Bertha Henry. If she's over her head trying to figure out an "epidemic" that is only dangerous to 3% of the people, what would happen in a real crisis? She is not a person that should have power over other people.
Bertha Henry is not smart enough to act as County Administrator. When this nonsense is over, we must make a concerted effort to remove her from her post.
I said that in the very beginning.
A REPUBLICAN AND PROBABLY EVEN AN INDEPENDANT HAS NO CHANCE OF WINNING A SEAT ON THE BROWARD COUNTY COMMISSION. BERTHA WILL BE HERE UNTIL SHE DECIDES TO RETIRE WITH, I AM SURE, A BIG FAT TAXPAYER FUNDED PENSION, HEALTH BENEFITS. I BET THEY WILL RAISE PROPERTY TAXES FOR ALL OF US JUST TO PAY HER.
Fort Lauderdale is afraid if they open the beaches before Miami, all of the creepos from Miami Beach will come here.
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Why is the group private? Are you afraid Bertha and her thugs are going to come after you? If you want to spread your message you should have a public forum so people who may not want to join can see what it's all about.
Plus not everyone has a facebook account.
This is how dumb Bertha Henry is. They're opening restaurants at 25%, but wearing masks in public establishments are still required. How are you going to eat with a mask on? It's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.