Some Yoopers want to close Mackinac Bridge to stop the spread of coronavirus

[TexasTowelie]

The Mackinac Bridge is about five miles long, among the longest suspension bridges in the Western Hemisphere. It’s the only thing connecting the Lower Peninsula to the Upper Peninsula — where, as of early Thursday, no coronavirus cases had been confirmed among its residents even as the virus spread downstate.

But some Yoopers fear that if it does jump the Straits, it would devastate rural communities in the Upper Peninsula already hard-hit by financial woes and weak healthcare systems.

The solution? Close the Mackinac Bridge completely.

Some took to social media over the past week with calls to halt traffic between the two peninsulas. Marie Bailey, a cook who lives in Ontonagon, said she tried to use Twitter to draw Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s attention to the issue, but with no success.

Read more: https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/some-yoopers-want-close-mackinac-bridge-stop-spread-coronavirus

[brokephibroke]

1. And what about the WI border.

Keep the packer fans out too.

[Siwsan]

2. There are 3 reported cases, at the 'Tip of the Mitt'

And closing the bridge is kind of useless since the UP borders on Wisconsin, and they have 154 cases. So, short of 'building a wall'...........

[NBachers]

3. This sounds like the people who live on crooked Lombard Street in San Francisco who keep whining

that they're being victimized by all the tourists, so they want to close the street and allow residents only to use it.