“We were all trying to figure this out as we went along,” he said. “And we all make very difficult decisions. And we continue to make very difficult decisions.”
He added: “I would agree with Governor Whitmer. I am sure that if you go back to the nine months and the hundreds of decisions that we had to make quickly, you will be able to find some things that could improve.”
Hogan also said that the governors, on the front lines of the battle, came together better than those in Washington.
“Unlike Washington,” said Hogan, “where we see so much division and dysfunction, governors did not always agree, but we certainly tried to come together and help each other during this crisis.”
Nearly 19 million cases of coronavirus have been diagnosed in the United States. The current death toll is 331,930, by far the highest in the world.
Both expressed hope that 2021 will be much better than this year.
“Each month of 2021 will be better than the previous month, “said Whitmer. We will have a new government installed by the end of January. They will be guided by science. They will work with the states to ensure that the spread of our vaccine occurs as smoothly as possible. . “
And Hogan made it clear that he is happy to see 2020 come to an end.
“I think all of us – all just thank God that 2020 is coming to an end,” he said.