"In this vacuum of silence, right-wing voices such as Tucker Carlson and Laura Ingraham have spread lie after lie about vaccination efforts. And Republican governors such as Kristi L. Noem (S.D.), Ron DeSantis (Fla.) and Mike Parson (Mo.) have encouraged 'personal responsibility' or sown fears about government efforts to vaccinate more Americans. Never mind that those governors got their shots months ago. Never mind that, according to some estimates, nearly half of South Dakotans have been infected, or that Florida’s daily case average has quadrupled in the past month. The residents of their states will have to bear the risks, for the good of the governors’ poll numbers. " -- James Downie, Washington Post, on how for the most part Republicans have decided it's acceptable to sustain unnecessary deaths from COVID. We have a strong feeling that their poll numbers aren't going to stay up very long, as more and more people identify them with an increasing danger to their own safety and to a re-opening economy.
(Photo: DeSantis, malignant moron, Noem/ Mark Wilson, Getty Images)
