W.Va. Governor: 'We just are going to keep lining the body bags up'

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West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) expressed frustration with his state’s vaccination rate, warning constituents that
people are either going to get inoculated against COVID-19 or
“we just are going to keep lining the body bags up.”

Justice made the comments during a COVID-19 news briefing on Friday, during which he implored West Virginians to get vaccinated. He said that 74 people had died in the state since Wednesday. “Unfortunately, today we have an overwhelming amount of deaths. Seventy-four people died. Seventy-four more people have died since Wednesday,” Justice said. “And they’ll keep dying. That’s all there is to it,” he continued. “We just are going to keep lining the body bags up, and we’re going to line them up and line them up.”

The West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources reported 2,320 new coronavirus infections on Friday as well as 57 deaths. There were total 29,744 current active cases of coronavirus in the state as of Friday. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only 40.1 percent of the West Virginia's total population has been fully vaccinated.

“We’re going to run to the fire and get vaccinated right now, or we’re going to pile the body bags up until we reach a point in time to where we have enough people that have natural immunities and enough people that are vaccinated,” he said. “Now, that’s all there is to it. I would really highly encourage you to get vaccinated.”

https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/572855-wva-gov-frustrated-over-vaccination-rate-we-just-are-going-to-keep

[marble falls]

1. While he's not encouraging them, he sure isn't discouraging the, either. Body bags are cheaper ...

... than vax.

[Pobeka]

2. Not when you include the hospital bill!

Vax and no hospital is far cheaper.

[marble falls]

4. Theres just no rational explaination ...

... I had a website I've belonged to for almost 10 years tell me that they will not hire vaxxed employees. We've been trading e-mails and never does he ever mention anything scientific in his crap. And the more incoherent he became, the more "biblical" he became. This is no dummy, just a red neck who worked hard, did good and - oh yeah - got his head full of shit.

[LiberalArkie]

11. This goes back to the days when live viruses were used for vaccination, I think that stopped in the

1950's or so. So "A person vaccinated will SHED the virus and others will catch it".

[Bernardo de La Paz]

14. Live or killed viruses are still used, a Covid one is on the way. Some anti-vaxers say they await it

Some anti-vaxers are against the MRNA Covid vaccines because, you know, it's new and "unproven".

Plus they are sure there are thousands of known deaths from the MRNA vaxes and probably 10 or 100 times more not recorded as vax deaths.

[monkeyman1]

7. there is no sound reason not to vaccination shot ! quit this political bull - shit or just die !

[marble falls]

22. I am to the point I just do not care about them. People are dying because they are jaming ...

... hospitals so no one else can get treatment.

No more Mr nice guy.

[monkeyman1]

23. your not the only 1 !

the only way this shit is going stop is - hospital 's refuse to take un -vaccinated people ! hard to say , sometimes got to make that kind of decision ! this is playing with people's lives ! just not fair for anti-vac's to make that decision for us because their that god damn stupid !

[Bernardo de La Paz]

13. Funerals are expensive, but if they look they can get discounts for child funerals. Vax is free. .nt

[doc03]

3. I think he has done an excellent job trying to get

people vaccinated. He gave away trucks, Guns and cash, they just won't get a shot. Got to figure The Loser won by what around 40 points in WV.

[AllyCat]

6. WV was a model at the start of getting vaccine out

And then they hit the GQP resistance to logic, facts, science, and reality.

[IronLionZion]

15. If Dems are vaccinated

then WV might become a little less red in future elections.

[monkeyman1]

24. A PANDEMIC SHOULD NOT BE A GOD DAMN POLITICAL ISSUE'S AT FUCKING ALL !

DUMB ASS FUCKING PEOPLE - THIS IS YOUR FUCKING LIFE ! LOST A LOT OF FREIND'S NOW THAT ARE IN THE DIRT BECAUSE OF THAT KIND OF THINKING ! SURVIVED YR'S IN THE V.N. JUNGLE'S & RATHER PUT UP WITH THAT BULL SHIT THAN PUT WITH CRY - BABY ASS PEOPLE AFRAID TO GET A FUCKING SHOT OF VACCINE THAT MAYBE MIGHT SAVE THERE WORTHLESS ASS LIFE ! FUCKING STUPID !

[Johonny]

19. me too

He's done what he can, but he's powerless compared to the propaganda out there. Vaccine threads on the Internet are a hive of scum and villainy

[captain queeg]

5. He's an R? That's encouraging. Maybe the percentage of RW nut jobs is falling off

Nut jobs specialize in cherry picking there info to just reinforce their preconceived ideas. In most cases they are not confronted by reality. I guess Covid is new territory for them. Good to see there are some Rs not drinking the koolade.

[DFW]

18. His cousin down in Texas

Governor Buford T. Justice (formerly a sheriff) should take the hint, even if he has since changed his name to Abbott.

[brush]

8. A sensible republican governor. Some of them are tired of the...

no-vaxx propaganda and the deaths in their states finally.

Gov. Kay Ivey of Alabama is another republican gov urging vaccinations.

[Haggard Celine]

9. They need to hear it in stark terms, and he delivered!

I wish our fucking governor would put things like that, but he's a fucking wuss, afraid to piss people off. Oh well, it probably wouldn't make a difference anyway; these people are stubborn as mules. Looks like a lot more will have to die. It's so damned senseless.

[SergeStorms]

10. If they were giving away....

free samples of Oxycontin they'd have to bring in the National Guard for crowd control.

The mindset in West Virginia is very perplexing. Give them something that could save their lives.....nothing.

Give them something that could possibly kill them.....they can't get enough.

And it's not just West Virginia. Quite a few more red states would do the same damned thing. Sometimes you just can't save people from themselves.

[IronLionZion]

16. Vaccine is once, opioids keep them coming back for more

The Sacklers and others were getting fabulously wealthy from selling Oxy to these folks. Even Rush Limbaugh was addicted.

[SergeStorms]

20. But given a choice...

I'm convinced they'd choose the Oxy almost every time. Such is the mindset of West Virginian MAGAs.

[Crunchy Frog]

21. Maybe offer them a free bottle of Oxy for each shot.

I wonder if that would get the vax rate up.

[SergeStorms]

25. That's what I was thinking, too.

Knock back a couple of Oxys with a glass of Wild Turkey, and get the shot.

The next day they'd forget all about being vaccinated the day before, and they could carry on with their anti-vax protests or whatever it is they think they're doing,

Easy-peasy, Oxy-squeezy.

[jackcrow2001]

12. Jim Justice was elected as a Democrat in 2016

Jim Justice switched parties to run as a Democrat in 2016 I remember him saying he wanted to be a member of the party that cares about people......I voted for him as the Republican candidate was awful, a few months after Trump was (elected? installed by Russia?) Justice switched back to Republican, I'll never vote for this turncoat again, but his actions on Covid 19 have been on the right track mostly.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

17. He should have added "please let us know if you want a bag reserved with your name on it."

Thank you governor and neighbor for speaking reality and common sense to your constituents.

KY

PS: Your Reagan-era shoulder pads are about to take flight.....