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In May 2020, Whitmer directed a dangerous policy in ordering seniors, or anyone else, who test positive for [[COVID-19]] to be transported to nursing homes that house healthy seniors,<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/05/12/michigan-dem-lawmaker-sounds-off-on-whitmers-nursing-home-order-n2568678 Michigan Dem Lawmaker Sounds Off on Whitmer's Nursing Home Order]</ref> a measure criticized by even a [[Democrat]] state representative. A few days later, [[Republican]] state senator Peter J. Lucido sought an investigation into the matter.<ref>[https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/05/18/michigan-sen-peter-j-lucido-seeks-investigation-into-placing-covid-19-patients-at-nursing-homes/ Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido seeks investigation into placing COVID-19 patients at nursing homes]</ref>  Whitmer's misguided directive came under heavy criticism<ref name="Whitmer Explaining">[https://100percentfedup.com/mi-gov-whitmer-has-some-explaining-to-do-20-yr-old-black-man-with-mental-issues-who-brutally-beat-77-yr-old-veteran-in-nursing-home-was-moved-to-nursing-facility-after-covid-diagnosis/ MI Gov Whitmer Has Some Explaining To Do: 20-Yr-Old Black Man With “Mental Issues” Who Brutally Beat 77-Yr-Old Veteran In Nursing Home, Was Moved To Nursing Facility After COVID Diagnosis]</ref> when in May 2020, a 75-year-old nursing home resident, an Army veteran who had been illegally seized from his apartment by Whitmer goons and sent to the residence without his relatives being notified, was brutally beaten in a racist attack<ref name="Whitmer Explaining"/> by 20-year-old Jaydon Hayden, a COVID-19 patient with mental health issues who had been sent to the same nursing home and has since been arrested and charged for the crime.<ref name="Grethcen factor">[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/05/turning_nursing_homes_into_extermination_sites_the_gretchen_factor.html Turning nursing homes into extermination sites: the Gretchen factor] at the American Thinker</ref>

In May 2020, Whitmer directed a dangerous policy in ordering seniors, or anyone else, who test positive for [[COVID-19]] to be transported to nursing homes that house healthy seniors,<ref>[https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2020/05/12/michigan-dem-lawmaker-sounds-off-on-whitmers-nursing-home-order-n2568678 Michigan Dem Lawmaker Sounds Off on Whitmer's Nursing Home Order]</ref> a measure criticized by even a [[Democrat]] state representative. A few days later, [[Republican]] state senator Peter J. Lucido sought an investigation into the matter.<ref>[https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2020/05/18/michigan-sen-peter-j-lucido-seeks-investigation-into-placing-covid-19-patients-at-nursing-homes/ Michigan Sen. Peter Lucido seeks investigation into placing COVID-19 patients at nursing homes]</ref>  Whitmer's misguided directive came under heavy criticism<ref name="Whitmer Explaining">[https://100percentfedup.com/mi-gov-whitmer-has-some-explaining-to-do-20-yr-old-black-man-with-mental-issues-who-brutally-beat-77-yr-old-veteran-in-nursing-home-was-moved-to-nursing-facility-after-covid-diagnosis/ MI Gov Whitmer Has Some Explaining To Do: 20-Yr-Old Black Man With “Mental Issues” Who Brutally Beat 77-Yr-Old Veteran In Nursing Home, Was Moved To Nursing Facility After COVID Diagnosis]</ref> when in May 2020, a 75-year-old nursing home resident, an Army veteran who had been illegally seized from his apartment by Whitmer goons and sent to the residence without his relatives being notified, was brutally beaten in a racist attack<ref name="Whitmer Explaining"/> by 20-year-old Jaydon Hayden, a COVID-19 patient with mental health issues who had been sent to the same nursing home and has since been arrested and charged for the crime.<ref name="Grethcen factor">[https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/05/turning_nursing_homes_into_extermination_sites_the_gretchen_factor.html Turning nursing homes into extermination sites: the Gretchen factor] at the American Thinker</ref>

It was reported on June 15, 2020 that one-third of all [[coronavirus]]-related deaths in Michigan were in nursing homes.<ref>Two references:

It was reported on June 15, 2020 that one-third of all [[coronavirus]]-related deaths in Michigan were in nursing homes.<ref>Two references:

*[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2020-06-15/mich-requires-testing-finds-nearly-2k-nursing-home-deaths Nursing Homes, Tied to One-Third of Deaths, Ordered to Test]

*[https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/michigan/articles/2020-06-15/mich-requires-testing-finds-nearly-2k-nursing-home-deaths Nursing Homes, Tied to One-Third of Deaths, Ordered to Test]