There is a great contrast between how each state is handling COVID-19 and how some state governments chose to will surprise you.  Gov. Mark Gordon announced an easing of health orders to increase attendance limits for indoor and outdoor gatherings.  Starting January 26, indoor gatherings can have up to 25% of capacity or 250 people, and outdoor gatherings can be up to 500 people.

The Wyoming Department of Health has provided the people with as much data as possible to keep people informed and safe.  As of January 22, there have been 43,041 confirmed cases, 7,383 probable cases, and 550 COVID-19 related deaths.  The number of first vaccine doses administered is 31,315, and the second doses administered are 4,661; visit https://health.wyo.gov for more information.

California is a different story, with government officials refusing to disclose information that lifted the latest stay-at-home order for Sacramento County.  In March, California Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered the nation’s first statewide shutdown claiming policy decision would be driven by data shared with the public to provide transparency.

Newsom created five regions in the state and established ICU capacity as the deciding factor for a stay-at-home order.  Any region that fell below 15% capacity would fall under a stay-at-home order; this metric quickly shut down four regions, about 98% of the state’s population.  A day later, it was announced the order would be lifted for Sacramento, the state’s capital.  On January 22, Sacramento’s ICU capacity was at 9%, well below the 15% capacity metric.

When asked by the Associated Press the Department of Public Health, spokeswoman Ali Bay said, “at the moment, the projections are not being shared publicly.”  Newsom has already had his troubles being caught eating indoors at the bougie restaurant, French Laundry, after issuing a stay-at-home order for the whole state.  Apparently, in states run by Democrats, the rules do not apply, and if they get in the way of their daily lives, then transparency is a ghost.