Turns out advocating for death can hurt a governor's popularity... These Republicans torpedoed vaccine edicts — then slipped in the polls New research shows governors in states without vaccine mandates — or where they’ve outright prohibited such a requirement — have “significantly lower” approval ratings for their handling of the coronavirus. https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/17/governors-covid-vaccine-mandates-approval-516112
From your article: And right now that base is anti-mandate. A recent CBS News/YouGov poll found that 64 percent of Republicans would prefer to vote for a candidate who encourages vaccines but that an even greater number — 75 percent — want a candidate who opposes mandates. A Morning Consult/POLITICO poll from August found only about 35 percent of Republicans were in favor of mandatory coronavirus vaccines. Vaccine requirements “remain very unpopular with the Republican base,” GOP strategist Ryan Williams said. “Any support for a vaccine mandate at this point would be damaging for any governor thinking of running for president as a Republican.” Huh. Doesn't look like it hurts it much at all. Of course, no one advocated for "death" as GWB_NPC claims.
Just in case it wasn't already clear, Republican officials really do want to kill everyone they possibly can. Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signs new limits on COVID-19 restrictions https://www.actionnews5.com/2021/11...l-lee-signs-new-limits-covid-19-restrictions/ New COVID-19 laws are now in effect in the state of Tennessee. Governor Bill Lee signed bans on mask and vaccine mandates Friday. Before he inked the new legislation, Dr. Katrina Green, an emergency room physician in Nashville, delivered a petition with more than 700 signatures to the state capital in a last-minute effort to convince Lee to veto the bills. “If these big government politicians want to micromanage how I do my job, saving lives, then they might as well set a quota for how many people have to die,” Green said. Thirty Democratic state lawmakers also sent a letter to Lee, pleading for a veto. “This marks a substantial shift from historical precedent in Tennessee, where we have respected the ideal of limited government and enacted bipartisan solutions to protect public health,” they wrote. The Southern Christian Coalition also expressed outrage over this legislation. “Even Governor Lee himself said there were concerns and issues with these bills that would need to be changed in January’s legislative session,” said Rev. Gordon Myers, retired ECLA pastor and tri chair of the Tennessee Poor People’s Campaign. “I can’t understand why the governor would sign something that has gotten opposition from so many across the state, will cost the lives of Tennesseans, and that he has publicly stated is problematic.” Despite the pleas of doctors, Democrats, and pastors, Lee signed the bill that bans mask mandates by governments and public schools unless the virus transmission rate is dangerously high. Private schools and businesses can still require masking up. Because of a federal court ruling late Friday, and active lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of Lee’s previous mask order along with Tennessee’s new mask law, students attending school in Shelby County must still mask up. “If the federal court was convinced by the medical evidence that medically vulnerable, disabled children were going to be endangered unless you allowed a universal mask mandate, it’s hard to see how that would change if we were talking about an executive order versus a state law,” said University of Memphis law professor Steve Mulroy. Other bills that are now laws include: Banning governments and businesses from mandating the vaccine for employees or customers Making workers eligible for unemployment benefits if they quit their jobs because of a vaccine mandate Shortening the length of a governor’s emergency declaration from 60 to 45 days Allowing school board elections to be partisan Lee allowed the bill that removes the power of local health departments, like the Shelby County Health Department, during states of emergency to become law without his signature. The General Assembly’s fiscal review committee warned lawmakers that this law jeopardizes $2.5 billion in federal funding. “I understand and appreciate the General Assembly’s concerns over the exercise of certain local authority during the pandemic,” wrote Lee in a letter to House Speaker Cameron Sexton. “However, this bill requires significant updates to account for the non-pandemic functions of public health departments. I have discussed the necessary updates with you and Lt. Gov. McNally, and I appreciate your joint commitment to pursue these updates during the upcoming legislative session. Meanwhile, however, I am allowing House Bill 76 to become law without my signature.” Rev. Don Jones, pastor of Sycamore Tree United Methodist Church in Maryville, and a member of the Southern Christian Coalition said he’s deeply disappointed in the governor. He took exception to the COVID laws and is especially upset about the school board election law. “Not only am I worried about legislation that hamstrings the efforts of public health officials and doctors to save lives, the book of Romans teaches Christians that as far as it depends on us, we are to live at peace with everyone,” said Jones. I wish that Governor Lee was more committed to uniting us than further dividing our communities with this law.” Legislation that drops “Memphis” from Memphis Regional Megasite where Ford wants to build its multi-billion dollar truck plant was also passed during that special session.
So what's the U.K. equivalent of a red county or state? Brexit-voting areas of UK have highest COVID-19 death rate, study finds https://www.euronews.com/2021/12/14...-have-highest-covid-19-death-rate-study-finds
Of course we have this idiot in the "Show Me" state. The Show-Me State Decides to Hide COVID Numbers A state AG runs in a MAGA primary, and suddenly some Missouri counties stop collecting COVID data. https://www.thebulwark.com/the-show-me-state-decides-to-hide-covid-numbers/ Tags: COVIDIOTS COVIDDATA COVIDREDSTATES
Well if you don't count the Covid numbers then I guess you won't have worse results... Republican Governor Kim Reynolds ending COVID disaster declaration, shutting down vaccination and case count websites https://www.desmoinesregister.com/s...vaccination-case-websites-omicron/6653655001/ Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds announced Thursday that she will soon end public health disaster proclamations that Iowa has operated under since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly two years ago. The shift will include pulling the plug on a state website focusing on COVID data, such as the number of Iowans testing positive for the disease, being hospitalized with it or dying from it. However, many of those statistics will continue to be available on other state and federal websites, Kelly Garcia, interim director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, said Thursday. Reynolds, a Republican, first invoked a disaster proclamation on March 17, 2020. In the early days of the pandemic, she used such proclamations to close businesses, limit large gatherings and encourage other pandemic responses, such as limiting nonessential surgeries and — briefly — requiring masks to be worn in certain indoor settings. Reynolds said in her statement Thursday that she will allow the current proclamation to expire on Feb. 15 at 11:59 p.m. She said it's time to reallocate state resources. "We cannot continue to suspend duly enacted laws and treat COVID-19 as a public health emergency indefinitely," Reynolds said in a statement. "After two years, it’s no longer feasible or necessary. The flu and other infectious illnesses are part of our everyday lives, and coronavirus can be managed similarly." Omicron spike easing but nearly 800 still hospitalized Her move comes as Iowa's spike in cases and hospitalizations from the omicron variant has begun to ease. Still, 794 people were hospitalized with COVID-19 in Iowa as of Wednesday, while 109 patients required intensive care and 51 required ventilators. Iowa recorded more than 150 additional COVID-19 deaths in its weekly update Wednesday, representing people who had died with the disease in previous weeks and months. The health department recorded just three additional flu deaths in its weekly flu report Jan. 28, bringing the total since last fall to 13. Also, there were no nursing-home outbreaks reported of flu, compared to 109 reported of COVID-19. Going forward, the state health department website will not include regular reports on COVID-19 hospitalizations or nursing-home outbreaks, as the current site does. Garcia said Iowa will no longer require hospitals and nursing homes to report such data to the state, since they already report it to federal officials. Iowans wanting updates on those numbers will be referred to federal websites, she said. But the state report will include weekly updates on such things as positive tests, deaths and cases by county. More:Exhaustion, anger, courage and sorrow in an Iowa ICU fighting another COVID wave "More than half of the states have ratcheted this down," she said of COVID reporting. Lina Tucker Reinders, executive director of the Iowa Public Health Association, called the shift "premature." She said in an interview Thursday that the move could give Iowans the false impression the pandemic is over. Tucker Reinders said COVID-19 hospitalization numbers are the most concrete way for the public to see how serious the situation remains. Although hospitalization numbers will remain available on federal websites, those sites are harder to navigate than the state's current site is, she said. "It will be something you have to search and dig for," she said. The Iowa Democratic Party also criticized the governor's decision. "Just because Kim Reynolds wants the pandemic to be over, doesn't mean it's over for Iowans," the party said in a statement. "Our doctors, nurses and caregivers are already stretched thin, and this irresponsible decision will make a bad situation much worse."
Well in that case provide the evidence from respected mainstream sources.... rather than your usual bullshiat conspiracy sites.