Ron Johnson's anti-science crusade sets back the drive to vaccinate more people in Wisconsin

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Rachel Maddow MSNBC
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel today:

Republican US Senator Ron Johnson "is the most irresponsible representative of Wisconsin citizens since the infamous Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy in the 1950s."

Ron Johnson's anti-science crusade sets back the drive to vaccinate more people in Wisconsin
Whether it's climate change or COVID treatments, the senator has frequently been at odds with scientific facts, and that's hurting the state.
jsonline.com
12:28 PM · Jun 30, 2021

https://www.jsonline.com/story/opinion/2021/06/30/ron-johnsons-anti-science-crusade-harms-wisconsin-vaccination-drive/7802794002/


COVID-19 is still killing people in Wisconsin — nearly all of them people who have not been fully vaccinated, state health officials say.

And that’s why Ron Johnson’s news conference Monday was so disheartening.

The Republican senator highlighted five people who said they had serious side effects from the life-saving COVID-19 vaccines. Their stories were sad, to be sure, and we don’t doubt their veracity. But they represent only a tiny fraction of the people who have been vaccinated.

The best evidence from health experts shows that serious side effects from the vaccines are exceedingly rare —far, far rarer than suffering serious harm or death from COVID-19 itself. The vaccines are so safe and effective that we're finally moving toward normalcy after 15 months of pandemic.

But instead of encouraging more people to get vaccinated so we can be rid of this plague once and for all, Johnson has chosen to use his taxpayer-financed megaphone to draw attention to a vanishingly small number of people who believe they suffered a serious side effect. And he has continued to cast doubts about science, research, masks and other public health measures while promoting "cures" with no evidence behind them.

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[NoMoreRepugs]

1. C'mon cheeseheads - dump this turd.

[MontanaMama]

2. Someone needs to publicly ask this turd

if he's been vaccinated.

[maxsolomon]

3. He'll duck the question.

Answering the question you want to answer, not the one you were asked, is the chief skill that GQP Senators bring to the office.