Did executive actions undertaken in Michigan, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania result “in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents”? Feature article by Bernard Condon (Associated Press) run today in The Detroit News read “DOJ seeks data about COVID nursing home deaths from 4 states.” As part of content supplementing social media posting linked to this story, spokesperson for Governor Gretchen Whitmer was quoted as having responded with the argument that “this is nothing more than election year politics ….”