Gretchen Whitmer

The vast majority of the people in this state, and I think across the country, are doing the right thing, and we want to thank them.

I do have some of the most aggressive actions on the books in our nation because I've got one of the worst problems in our nation. I am trying to save lives here, and so while we can respect and revere the right of dissent, the right to…

If the Defence Production Act was utilized and we went to work and started producing these swabs, they're not complicated things to produce. We just need to have a national strategy and the full force and effect of the Defence Production…

The guidelines call for 14 days seeing numbers start to level off or drop. The guidelines call for, you know, observing best practices even if we do go back to work. Six feet away, wearing masks. These are - these are absolutely essential.

Americans everywhere are eager to get back to normal. Trust me, we governors are, too, but we need to get this right.

I'm really afraid of what will happen with our healthcare workers if too many of them fall ill.

We really should have a national strategy instead of a patchwork of policies. But that's what we're doing. And that's why I think it's important that we governors are leading and showing the way and being aggressive.

We just received our allotment from the federal government's national strategic stockpile. The allotment of personal protection equipment for one of our hospitals, that allotment is barely enough to cover one shift at that hospital.

I hear people say certain age groups are immune, I know this. In Michigan we have a 5-year-old that has tested positive for coronavirus. This is a situation that impacts everyone in every age group and I implore people to take this…