The Trumper's are even stopping Congress from re-opening for business on a full legislative schedule. Republican lawmakers are refusing to get vaccinated — which is holding up Congress https://www.rawstory.com/gop-vaccine/ Many members of the Republican Party are refusing to take the novel coronavirus vaccine -- and it's delaying Congress's return to a full legislative schedule. Axios reports that 25 percent of lawmakers serving in the House of Representatives still have not been vaccinated, even though Congress has its own supply of the vaccine. "While it's not certain which party is most to blame for any vaccine hesitancy, the phenomenon is higher among white Republicans than any other demographic group," the publication writes. Rep. Madison Cawthorn (R-NC) told the publication that he will not be getting the vaccine because he's only 25 years old and "the survival rate is too high for me to want it." Additionally, GOP lawmakers such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene have regularly spread anti-vaccination propaganda, making them likely culprits in thwarting the House's efforts to return back to normal. "Multiple waves of voting, meant to ensure social distancing inside the House chamber, are slowing a full legislative schedule," notes Axios. "It's also giving power to disrupters like Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), who's used a procedural move to further drag out the process. Votes can take more than three times longer than pre-pandemic times."
Covid vaccine hesitancy delays House reopening as 25% of representatives are yet to take jabs Vaccine has been made available to all members of Congress for continuity of government operations https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...d-vaccine-house-representatives-b1817141.html Even as president Joe Biden is trying to urge every American to get vaccinated against Covid-19, it has emerged that one in four members of the House of Representatives is yet to be inoculated. All members of Congress were offered access to the vaccine back in December, a decision that the White Houses’s National Security Council said was taken “to meet long-standing requirements for continuity of government operations”. Last week however, during a debate on the full reopening of the House, it was revealed that only about 75 per cent of representatives have either taken up the offer or declared that they have received a vaccine through another provider. The Office of Attending Physician can’t make recommendations about changing or relaxing the existing social distancing guidelines till there’s clarity about the vaccination status of the remaining 25 per cent of members, according to Axios. A memo from the office last week still urged social distancing and mask wearing as a precaution. While the makeup of those refusing or declining to reveal their vaccine status is not known, more Republicans have spoken against taking it than Democrats. Madison Cawthorn, a 25-year-old Republican representative, has said in the past that he won’t be taking a vaccine because “the survival rate [from Covid] is too high for me to want it”. The pandemic has significantly disrupted the work of Congress, with as many as 71 representatives and senators testing positive for Covid-19, according to data compiled by GovTrack.us. Minority leader Kevin McCarthy sent a letter to House speaker Nancy Pelosi last week to ask about the plan for reopening the House and the timeline for ending the practice of proxy voting. “Simply put: it’s time that we return to regular order. House Republicans are eager for the chance to reopen the People’s House, restore America’s voice in Congress, and work day in and day out to address the many concerns our constituents face,” the letter stated. Ms Pelosi and Senate minority leader Mitch McConnell received the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine in December last year, triggering a debate over whether lawmakers were cutting in line to set an example or to save themselves. “Our job is to make sure the vaccine isn’t politicised the way masks were politicised,” New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tweeted after getting her vaccine. She was responding to senator Rand Paul who said it was “inappropriate” for him — who has already had the virus — to get vaccinated ahead of the elderly or healthcare workers. However, Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation's leading infectious disease expert, has urged every member of Congress to take the vaccine. On Sunday, he also called on former president Donald Trump to urge his supporters in the Republican party to get vaccinated, saying it would be “very helpful to the effort” to contain the disease. Mr Biden took HIS first dose of Covid-19 vaccine live on television in December to build America’s confidence in the JABS. He told Americans "there's nothing to worry about" and has repeatedly urged them to take the vaccine when they can.
Fauci urges Trump to tell supporters to be vaccinated https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/543117-fauci-us-could-face-another-covid-19-surge
I'd advocate for Darwinism here but we may end up with Wuhan from Appalachia. That plus the pee in a pool effect
More fake news. There are not even enough vaccines available for everyone. Add to that, Democrats like Gavin Newsom has been hoarding the vaccines instead, of giving it to medical personnel and Seniors who need it. That is the duplicity of the extreme liberals. Say one thing but, do the oppose of what they said. Showing his utter incompetence once more.