During
the early weeks of April the state of Michigan was ranking third in the
number of deaths and the city of Detroit held the undesirable position
of having the highest mortality rates above any other region in the
United States. By the conclusion of the month, it appears as if the
shelter-in-place and other emergency declarations issued by Governor
Gretchen Whitmer have had an effect on curbing transmissions. Many more
people are wearing masks and engaging in social distancing on the
streets and in businesses declared essential which remain open.
We
remember the last words pronounced by Giulietto Chiesa at the
conclusion of the Conference of April 25th, at the end of the political
commitment of his whole life. Truthful, crude words about the gravity of
the crisis we are living in. Words that call to the struggle to regain
constitutional freedoms.
Let
me preface my argument by making clear I do not intend to express any
view about the