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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,290 posts)
Thu Dec 16, 2021, 06:08 PM Dec 2021

'There's just no give on their position': COVID killing 2.3 times faster in Trump counties

Jessica Bates thought her argument would finally make itself.

A registered Republican from a conservative family, Bates and her husband have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 since April to protect their young son.

“I am the only vaccinated person in my family,” she said. “That’s parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles — all of them. It’s just me. And it’s been a struggle since this first started 20 months ago.”

Bates learned early that facts are a waste of time when one side doesn't believe the source. As misinformation has spread, she found it best to avoid discussing anything involving the pandemic — the masks, the vaccines, the death tolls and the infection rates.

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https://www.yahoo.com/news/just-no-position-covid-killing-110010754.html

Heckuva job Trumpers

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'There's just no give on their position': COVID killing 2.3 times faster in Trump counties (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Dec 2021 OP
I'd have no problem with this... NQAS Dec 2021 #1
You just can't fix stupid. bearsfootball516 Dec 2021 #2
And you need to stay FAR away from it. vanlassie Dec 2021 #3
Not much you can do about people that would rather be dead right. tanyev Dec 2021 #4
It's very hard to educate the willfully ignorant... Wounded Bear Dec 2021 #5
Good Ohio Joe Dec 2021 #6
From some celestial plane, Charles Darwin is watching and shaking his head... Ocelot II Dec 2021 #7
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Dec 2021 #8
In the most Trump counties it is 6 to 1 Cicada Dec 2021 #9

NQAS

(10,749 posts)
1. I'd have no problem with this...
Thu Dec 16, 2021, 06:14 PM
Dec 2021

… if they didn’t also pose a threat to vaccinated people and children.

Response to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

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