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Monday, September 13th, 2021

The inescapable overlap of pandemic and politics

Author:     Philip Bump
Source:     The Washington Post
Publication Date:     September 10, 2021
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Stephan:   It is now irrefutably clear that the Covid pandemic has become principally a Republican disease, because it is also irrefutably clear that those who fail to get vaccinated, overwhelmingly Republicans, are both at much greater risk than those who have been vaccinated, and also are much more dangerous to those around them. Maybe what we should do is stop interstate travel and leave the populace of the Red states and their incompetent governors and legislatures to let Darwinian survival sort out who survives Covid in those states. And it won’t just be the Covid infectees who die. This morning I saw a story of a heart patient in a Red state who tried unsuccessfully to get emergency treatment in 43 hospitals but was unable to receive it because the hospitals were all filled with unvaccinated Covid patients. The man died because he could not get treatment, and his story is not a singleton. The boneheaded stupidity of the unvaccinated is both pathetic and tragic. But America is a free country and you ought to be able to kill yourself if you want to. You should not, however, be allowed to put others at risk because of your choices.

There are three reasons that Florida has consistently been a focal point of debate over the course of the pandemic. One is that its governor, Ron DeSantis, is a prominent Republican official, a role that he embraces and elevates. Another is that DeSantis has been explicit in expressing his opposition to measures aimed at containing the coronavirus or limiting its spread. A third is that, particularly of late, his state has been hit particularly hard by the virus.

Since the fourth surge in new cases began in late June, about 54,000 more people have died of covid-19. Nearly 1 in 5 of those deaths have occurred in Florida — 18 percent of the deaths come from a state that makes up about 6 percent of the country’s population. What’s more, over the course of the surge, the percentage of deaths occurring in Florida has been increasing.

It’s only natural to wonder whether DeSantis’s approach to the pandemic overlaps with the […]

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3 Comments

  1. Lori on Monday, September 13, 2021 at 7:36 am

    Stephan,
    Thanks for giving your readers FACTS AND EVIDENCE.
    The other day, I heard a co-worker say that covid vaccinations contain microchips so the the government can control and watch us. I burst out laughing and said where in the world did you hear that? Her answer was that she watches Newsmax and OAN and listens to Carson Daly and Laura Ingraham.
    I didn’t need to ask her if she was Republican, but she volunteered the fact that she was a Trump fan. Now that the Pfizer vaccine is 100% FDA approved, she says it doesn’t matter because of “breakthrough cases” and that the vaccinated are the ones spreading the disease.
    Here’s your cult leader Republicans! Listen carefully to TRUMPS OWN WORDS, and learn where misinformation started with your party during this pandemic.

    https://youtu.be/kAIfU5RBBso