White House: Tennessee mask mandate 'must be implemented'

[SheltieLover]

https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-tennessee-mask-mandate-233347497.html

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The White House quietly told Tennessee early this week that “a statewide mask mandate must be implemented" to curb its growing spread of COVID-19, strong instructions that the White House and governor did not discuss publicly before the report emerged in a records request.

The Oct. 11 state report for Tennessee, where Republican Gov. Bill Lee has let counties decide whether to require masks in public, first came to light in a records request by WUOT-FM. The Associated Press obtained the report from the Knox County Health Department afterward.

"A statewide mask mandate must be implemented to stop the increasing spread among residents in rural and urban areas of Tennessee," the item in a list of recommendations states.

More at link.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

1. WH says Tennessee must wear masks but WH had no such mandate even after Super Spreader in Chief

was hospitalized.
How long before tRump tweets that his followers need to liberate Tennessee? Republican governor or not.
He's getting more loony by the day.

[SheltieLover]

2. I agree!

Posted for informational purposes only.

Sounds to me like shitstain might be afraid to kill off people in a state so red that Dems often don't bother to compete.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

3. Besides, I'm not an expert but I doubt the WH has the authority to mandate that a state do this.

Governors can and should mandate wearing masks without getting pushback from the Covid Carrier in the Oval Office or the threat of being kidnapped by his RWNJ worshippers.

tRump followers are the most boring, predictable, yawn inducing bunch. They take after their dear leader.
Nothing original. They're still stuck in the 1800s. They're either trapped in the Civil War era, the Jim Crowe days or the Wild West and they glorify it all while worshipping a pretend billionaire because they can't understand the difference between a reality show and reality.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

4. I agree about TN. He's probably hoping that's one state he can win.

I'm counting the days until Joe Biden is inaugurated.

[SheltieLover]

6. Me too, counting days

[CottonBear]

5. I have Republican family & Democratic friends in TN.

I recently visited my mom for the first time since January 2020.

I was shocked by the sheer numbers of non-mask wearing COVIDiots in TN.

My Democratic friends take extra precautions, but it is frightening to be surrounded by people who act as if there is no danger.

[SheltieLover]

7. It is surreal!

I hate being interdependent upon covidiots!

[NoRoadUntravelled]

9. I hear you. I'm not a puzzle person but this puzzle has no pieces that fit. I've given up on trying

to figure it out.
I'm continuing to perceive myself as a mostly sane person but keeping an open mind. Either I'm nuts or they are. Trying to apply logic to events from 2015 till now just doesn't work for me.
When I begin to doubt my own sanity I think about the babies still locked in tRump Kinder-Konsentration-Kamps and that puts it all into perspective.

[SheltieLover]

10. Do not doubt your sanity

It's just puntin's dystopian dream for our country & it's almost over.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

21. Thank you.

It is a dystopian dream and it isn't ours, that's for certain.
I know it will take a lot of work once this is all over, but I'm looking forward to waking up and knowing there will be millions of us working to Build Back Better along with a new administration that will do all it can to see that happens after Nov 3.

[SheltieLover]

23. It is putin's dream

Me too!!!

[CottonBear]

12. The only behavior you can control is your own. Be safe and take all precautions.

My elderly mom doesn’t go out very much. My non-college educated, Republican sister lives with her, but, thankfully, my sister, who works in a non-mask wearing place, wears a mask and socially distances within the home.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

8. They've fallen for the big lie. It's sad, really. Tragic.

They're blind to what's happening but believe they see.
My sister, the person I thought I knew so well, is one of the people who just cannot see what's happening.
I've accepted it now. The reality that nothing I say, no facts I present can change her mind. Nothing that happens with this administration will change her vote. It's as though she is unable to see or unable to accept what's right in front of her.

[SheltieLover]

11. So sorry to hear! 😢

I know people like this too!

Marie Louise von Franz tells us that when there is a disagreement, facts are presented & 1 side digs in, it is 100% projection. (From Projection and Re-Collection in Jungian Psychology: Reflections of the Soul: Reality of the Psyche Series - free right now with Audible trial on Amazon!)

[NoRoadUntravelled]

18. Yes, that's it.

Along with his followers, she sees something in tRump and his ideology that the rest of us can't see.
She's not a person who would go to his rallies, wear a red hat or t-shirt but when it comes to his values, his words and his policies, she somehow disengages.
She's very religious and does believe that tRump has been sent here to save the world because that's what her church teaches and she is unquestioning regarding doctrine or even the opinions of pastors.
It just goes to show that people can grow up in the same family and see things so differently. There's less than 1 year age difference between us so it's not like we grew up in different decades.

[SheltieLover]

20. Have you tried...

Informing her that religions:

Are sociopolitical control mechanisms;

That every single major one denegrates women?

That heaven & hell are human constructs; or

That there is no old man on a cloud?

Guessing this wouldn't work either.

So sad.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

28. We've had those conversations, yes.

She likes to think of herself as open minded about religion. For her that means she will listen to the thoughts of others about it and actually agrees on some points. For example, she agrees that her religion denigrates women. She also believes it's God's will that the man comes first in relationships and has the final say in decisions, even when they're not wise one. I'm not understanding how someone can hold both of those beliefs but that's part of the mystery, I guess.

We've discussed every item you mentioned through the years. She sees me as lost and needing salvation. She doesn't preach but she's confident she's doing the right thing by her beliefs and her support of tRump.

She really was upset with me and aghast that so many of us were marching for the first Women's March after his election. She had no idea why anyone would do that.

[SheltieLover]

29. Oh.

So does she think pussy grabber is a "godly" man?

How do they brainwash people like this?

Did you ask her what you need "salvation" from, or for? (I've never felt guilty for having been born. Lol)

So sorry.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

32. When she and I would discuss tRump's actions, policies and words she would say,

"Hmm. I'll have to look into that." She hasn't taken my word for any of it but neither has she looked it up for herself.
Because she believes tRump is part of the grand plan to bring about the second coming, that's all that matters.

[SheltieLover]

33. 😳

[NoRoadUntravelled]

36. Yea. I know....

nt

[SheltieLover]

37. So sorry

Sad.

[NoRoadUntravelled]

38. Thank you.

It still amazes me that siblings can grow up in the same family and end up with such different perceptions of the world around us. One of life's mysteries, I guess. I've accepted it now and don't puzzle over it as much. I finally realized I wouldn't be able to make sense of it in a million years. So why try?

[CottonBear]

13. Oh dear. One of my TN Dem friend's sisters are the same way.

Be safe, take all precautions and continue to have hope!

[SheltieLover]

15. Ty, CottonBear!

I've been in a bubble since early March. Hoping I'll be ok but, most importantly, my vote is in!

[CottonBear]

34. Yay! Take care and be safe. All best wishes from GA!

GOTV TN!

[NoRoadUntravelled]

19. Thank you for your kind words.

Hope is a powerful thing.

[CottonBear]

35. Keep hope alive! Be safe and be well!

We Southern Democrats are united in our effort to GOTV!

[spanone]

14. trump's white house? the one trump lives in?

I live in tennessee and the governor here is fresh out of the plumbing business.

his money bought him the the governorship. he's been loyally following the b.s. of don trump including his no mask bullshit.

[SheltieLover]

16. This gov is a huge pos!

Always one step ahead of what chumputin wants.

[spanone]

17. Absolutely.

[SheltieLover]

22. What part of state are you in?

Memphis region here.

[spanone]

24. I'm in Nashville.

[SheltieLover]

25. How are things there?

Did you see legislature is trying to disempower the 6 urban health departments?

[spanone]

26. Nashville, like Memphis is one of the bluer cities, but the state is a shithole of republicans

and so is our government. Nothing they do surprises me anymore.

Neanderthals.

[SheltieLover]

27. Nashville is a cool city!

With Vanderbilt there, you have a fair % of people who think & read on purpose!

Yes, Neanderthals. I'd just read an article saying those with this bloodline, genetically are likely predisposed to more challenges with severe covid. You can imagine where my mind went...

[spanone]

30. I loved Nashville more before we turned it over to the tourists....

I still love it..

[SheltieLover]

31. I'll bet!