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He was the first one out the gate to reach herd stupidity.
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The focus on Influenza vaccines has typically always been to protect yourself especially if you are vulnerable. Yes I know this virus is more deadly to the vulnerable but that again points to whom i
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If they could get 100% of people vaccinated there is no longer a control group to compare against. If bad things happen to those vaccinated there is no group to compare to.
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How Outrage Over Vaccine Mandates Became a Mainstream G.O.P. Stance
WASHINGTON — Like other Republican governors around the country, Tate Reeves of Mississippi reacted angrily to the coronavirus vaccine mandates President Biden imposed on private businesses. Declaring the move “terrifying,” he wrote on Twitter: “This is still America, and we still believe in freedom from tyrants.”
There is a deep inconsistency in that argument. Mississippi has some of the strictest vaccine mandates in the nation, which have not drawn opposition from most of its elected officials. Not only does it require children to be vaccinated against measles, mumps and seven other diseases to attend school, but it goes a step further than most states by barring parents from claiming “religious, philosophical or conscientious” exemptions.
Resistance to vaccine mandates was once a fringe position in both parties, more the realm of misinformed celebrities than mainstream political thought. But the fury over Mr. Biden’s mandates shows how a once-extreme stance has moved to the center of the Republican Party. The governors’ opposition reflects the anger and fear about the vaccine among constituents now central to their base, while ignoring longstanding policy and legal precedent in favor of similar vaccination requirements.
“Republicans care about getting beyond this pandemic every bit as much as Democrats do,” said Dr. Ashish Jha, the dean of the Brown University School of Public Health. But, he added, “politicians are certainly happy to exploit this issue for political gain, which is why I think the Republican governors are up in arms.”
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/how-outrage-over-vaccine-mandates-became-a-mainstream-g-o-p-stance/ar-AAOmn2z