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© Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.GOP governors ignore Biden's latest plea on mask mandates
By ANDREW SELSKY WASHINGTON©2024 GPlusMedia Inc.
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PTownsend
Political pandering to the roughly 50% of Republicans who say they won't get vaccinated and won't wear masks.
It's cynical for these governors to do that. Each of them has access to the best healthcare money can buy. Unlike many in their base who can't even afford basic healthcare coverage.
Desert Tortoise
Adult self restraint is not in evidence here, and only adult self restraint and a sense of duty is going to minimize the number of infections and deaths. Rights come with obligations, to your community and to your nation, something the right seems to be tragically unaware of. As a citizen you have an obligation to others around you to take protective measures to minimize the risk of spreading this pandemic. It is your duty as a citizen and a member of your community to do this. There are things that are more important than your immediate wants that require one to do things that they don't always want to do, and the recognition of this is what separates adults from children.
Desert Tortoise
It is and has been. Remember the attempts to ban really large soft drinks and the removal of sugary foods and drinks from school lunches? The FDA has been attempting to remove transfats from foods. Other nations are imposing high taxes on unhealthy, sugary foods. It's happening so pay attention.
lincolnman
Tomorrow....Repub Governors tell their residents to ignore;
Tornado sirens....
Railroad stop signs....
Danger - high voltage warnings...
I guess the realized that they needed to restrict voting since most of their supporters will be dead...
sunfunbun
Republicans are a joke.
They're fighting a solution for prevention, instead of fighting the pandemic.
So stupid.
bass4funk
Why?
But the lockdowns weren’t, especially when the numbers were down.
Every Congressman, Democrats included.
How many poor people in minority communities that vote Democrat can afford basic healthcare?
theFu
It isn't all Republican governors.
My governor is a Republican; he's encouraging masks, but not mandating them on all public property or in schools. He's letting counties and cities take an heat on that.
A number of cities and counties have mask mandates.
Federal buildings all require masks and all public transportation nationwide requires wearing a mask. Thanks President Biden.
The CDC headquarters is here. We see some expert from there on the local news a few times every week.
The latest studies from the 2 main vaccines used in the USA show 80% effective after 1 shot and 94+% effective 1 week after the 2nd shot. Also, the vaccines appear to be effective at preventing COVID from infecting people who are fully vaccinated. Here's a news story with multiple links to other studies across a wider subsection of the world now that millions and millions of doses have been deployed.
https://www.theverge.com/2021/3/30/22358085/covid-vaccines-effective-real-world-infection-protection-cdc
bass4funk
But Republicans have nothing to do with blue state minority voters that can’t afford basic healthcare...yes? Think fast!
Goodlucktoyou
Useless paper masks, constant touching, eye touching, no eye protection and now new research about 5% infection through ear/nasal transmission...seems like he is finding excuses.
SuperLib
Pretty much sums it up.
elephant200
WHY it was so difficult for those people to wear a face mask? they have no concerns of the others and their own! and the republicans they were the one enable this panedemic!
bass4funk
Sorry, The Democrats under Obama controlled all 3 branches and for 8 years they did nothing as locally over 60 years for the minority communities and these people vote predominantly Democrat.
No, Baltimore, Chicago, Oakland, Compton, Detroit, they all vote Democrat, nice try. Once they vote Republican we can then grade their performance, but so far over the last 60 years the GOP hasn’t been lucky with the Black vote, so we just don’t know.
What? Lol
bass4funk
Democrats and the reason for that is, how is it that so many Americans can’t pay their out of control premiums? Nice try.
https://www.ehealthinsurance.com/resources/affordable-care-act/obamacare-premiums-unaffordable-for-many-middle-income-people-in-2019
That as well, exactly!
Back to you.
bass4funk
That’s Because they foresaw as we are seeing now that the out of control Premiums would wipe the middle class out and they were spot on.
Lazarus Knows
They haven't been "unlucky", they've promoted policies that are openly and actively hostile towards minorities.
bass4funk
My sister was paying $1780 which was her deductible a month as a single parent for two boys that suffered a rare condition where they both had to have their spleens removed, they were constantly in the hospital and it didn’t cover that much plus her apartment rent and car payment she couldn’t afford it anymore so she had to drop it. So she was better off paying out of pocket. Before that when she was working and had her private company employee insurance it was better and she had to pay a lot less and could choose the doctors she wanted. I pay about 42% less than what the ACA was offering me, let’s just say that without all the headaches and restrictions plus I don’t have to pay for others.
bass4funk
Not mine, my sisters
What does my sister have to do with me?
I don’t have to, I just gave an average percentage.
I never said, I didn’t. Please read carefully next time, less emotion.
bass4funk
Yes