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In reply to the discussion: 'It's time to start blaming the unvaccinated': AL Gov. Ivey on rise in COVID-19 cases [View all]dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)37. Funny you should ask.....
She refused lock downs until pressure got too great last spring. She did a 2 week lockdown, bitching the whole time about the economic effects and refusing any enforcement.
Memorial Day weekend she lifted lockdown, citing........get this....the importance of tourist season and that "folks want to go to the beaches".
11 days later the cases started to rise, within weeks the hospitals filled up.
And those tourists? They took suntans and the virus home with them.
Meanwhile, she refused to mandate masks. She said..aloud...".people won't wear them, I can't force them to" Practically telling the trump lovers what they wanted to hear.
2020 saw well over 4,000 deaths, towards the end, cases were rising by 350-400 a DAY.
Since this year.....starting in Jan., Alabama has had 8,000 deaths. Twice as many in 6 months as in all of 2020.
11,000 and rising deaths and STILL no mask mandate.
She's ordered the schools to open. School starts here in 2 weeks.
The only reason Mr. Dixie and I are still ok is we mask and distance even after our vaccines. And only go out for groceries, scurrying home asap, like in some damn apocalyptic novel.
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'It's time to start blaming the unvaccinated': AL Gov. Ivey on rise in COVID-19 cases [View all]
babylonsister
Jul 2021
OP
The very first indication she is not a totally ignorant person. The very first. But she is right.
hlthe2b
Jul 2021
#1
Yes, but who made those people distrust vaccines and think they were unnecessary in the first place?
Scrivener7
Jul 2021
#4
And the reich wing media ecosystem. So Russia has a hand in the disinformation, as well.
BlancheSplanchnik
Jul 2021
#13
russsia has been influencing rw radio here since at least 2008. talk radio is big in brazil, india
certainot
Jul 2021
#29
Honestly. Why would you think I've become a fan of her? She has said ONE thing right in her
hlthe2b
Jul 2021
#30
That's right. You want to go to a sports event? Show proof of vaccination or stay home.
Arkansas Granny
Jul 2021
#14
Yes it will do some net positive good, we don't label problems we don't solve them
uponit7771
Jul 2021
#38
She'll be hearing from somebody in the party. She's supposed to be blaming Biden
Walleye
Jul 2021
#7
And where has she been the last year or so? Alabama is the ONLY state under 40% vaccinated.
George II
Jul 2021
#22
Come on, Governor! You could have used the word "folks" at least a dozen more times!
hatrack
Jul 2021
#23