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Takket

(21,634 posts)
Sat Oct 22, 2022, 10:54 AM Oct 2022

Debate question every rethug should be asked: if you care about the unborn.....

Should we bring back all the Covid protocols like lockdowns, vaccine mandates and mask mandates?

Why?

Because of this article:

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/covid-19-linked-increase-us-pregnancy-related-deaths-91758935

WASHINGTON -- COVID-19 drove a dramatic increase in the number of women who died from pregnancy or childbirth complications in the U.S. last year, a crisis that has disproportionately claimed Black and Hispanic women as victims, according to a government report released Wednesday.

The report lays out grim trends across the country for expectant mothers and their newborn babies.

It finds that pregnancy-related deaths have spiked nearly 80% since 2018, with COVID-19 being a factor in a quarter of the 1,178 deaths reported last year. The percentage of preterm and low birthweight babies also went up last year, after holding steady for years. And more pregnant or postpartum women are reporting symptoms of depression.

“We were already in the middle of a crisis with maternal mortality in our country,” said Karen Tabb Dina, a maternal health researcher at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. “This really shows that COVID-19 has exacerbated that crisis to rates that we, as a country, are not able to handle.”

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Covid is creating what the GOP tells you is the GREATEST crime imaginable, ending the existence of a fetus. How can they claim to be "pro-life" and yet advocate for "personal freedom" above using the power of government to do EVERYTHING humanly possible to prevent any person from ever contracting covid?

If their beliefs are sincere and honest, and not just political bullshit, they should be calling for full protocols to return.

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Debate question every rethug should be asked: if you care about the unborn..... (Original Post) Takket Oct 2022 OP
They think vaccines are causing these things Freddie Oct 2022 #1
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