Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt is running for Senate. Killing Missourians is his platform

[BlueWavePsych]

On Thursday, a startling announcement appeared on Facebook: “This is to inform you that the Laclede County [Missouri] Health Department has been forced to cease all COVID-19 related work at the current time. This includes: case investigations, contact tracing, quarantine orders, and public announcements of current cases, deaths, etc.” According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 37% of adults in Laclede County, Missouri, are fully vaccinated, levels of community transmission are high, and cases have increased 13% in just the last week. But now the health department is simply … stepping away.

The reason for this was straightforward enough. And profoundly disgusting.

Laclede County, and counties across Missouri, have been forced to drop all assistance to their communities, even as cases in Missouri are once again rising, because of a threat issued by Missouri Attorney General Eric Schmitt. As the Kansas City Star reports, Schmitt wrote to both county officials and school districts across the state on Tuesday, threatening them with legal action if they do not “drop mask mandates, quarantine rules or other public health orders.”

As the Star reports, Schmitt has “embarked on a quest to overturn COVID-19 mitigation rules in municipalities and school districts across the state.” Schmitt is basing his actions on a ruling from Cole County Circuit Judge Daniel Green, who declared that the state Department of Health rule allowing it to delegate authority to county officials is “unconstitutional because it gave rulemaking powers to unelected officials.”

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/12/10/2068581/-Missouri-Attorney-General-Eric-Schmitt-is-running-for-Senate-Killing-Missourians-is-his-platform

[Faux pas]

1. Kickin' with disgust!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. Not only is this disgusting, such actions should be illegal. n/t