'This is unstoppable': America's midwest braces itself for a Covid-19 surge

[RandySF]

Three months ago, the Republican governor of Missouri chose not to wear a mask in a shop, because he said he wasn’t going to let the government tell him what to do. Mike Parson visited a hardware store to celebrate its reopening after he lifted Missouri’s coronavirus lockdown over the objections of health professionals and mayors of major cities.

Parson said the worst of the pandemic was past and the economic impact of the shutdown was worse than the virus. As for masks, the governor dismissively claimed “there was a lot of information on both sides” over whether to wear one so he wasn’t going to require people to do so.

Three months later, Covid-19 is surging in Missouri and in many other parts of the midwest that imagined they had escaped the worst of the pandemic.

Related: 'Not a mask in sight': thousands flock to Yellowstone as park reopens

Health specialists predict a sharp increase in deaths across the region in the coming weeks that will be made significantly worse in some states by the politicians who followed Donald Trump’s lead in undermining medical advice and in questioning the value of masks.



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[SheltieLover]

1. K&R!

Wtf is with these repukes wanting to kill citizens? 🤬

[RKP5637]

6. The ignorance in the US is astounding! I guess they must be proud to die or have a long term

effect of a devastating illness. I just don't get it, what is so hard to understand. I can't imagine the US ever surviving something several times worse than COVID-19.

[SheltieLover]

7. It truly is astounding!

[durablend]

25. They wanna stick it to teh libs in any way possible

Even if it means killing themself or their loved ones.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

29. Yep, it is a blind hatred going back to junior high school...

... resentment of the, "smart kids", and nerds.

[SheltieLover]

32. 🙄

Isn't it amazing, how they cannot get pqst junior high and high school? No matter how old they are.

[SheltieLover]

30. The pro life people

Like repukes don't want govt in people's personal business. Right.

[Wellstone ruled]

2. Not just Missouri,

our Relatives in Minnesota and Wisconsin are saying,what Masks. So many small town events happening with out a single care of what is starring them in the face.

This is Lake Resort Season and if you have ever lived by or have friends or rellies that do the Up to the Lake thing,you just know it is about to get ugly.

[Chichiri]

9. It's better in the metro.

Grocery stores, the post office, even restaurants, almost 100% mask compliance. I really think it's the red areas that suffer most. (My parents do the up to the lake thing, but they know how to be careful -- even my stepdad, the (possibly former) Trumpist.)

[mgardener]

34. I live in upstate Ny

We have been lucky.
Masks required and almost 100 % compliance.
But I live in a college town, the students are coming back next week
We are all worried.
Lucky the Canadians do not want the border open, our tourist population has been way down.

[Wellstone ruled]

47. Must say,

once you leave the Metro,the further out you go,the less Mask usage. Yes National Retailers are some what enforcing No Mask No Service Rules. But,once you hit the smaller areas,Bars,Restaurants and local C-Stores are not enforcing diddly.

[dalton99a]

3. Kick

Alarmed by rising infections, Wisconsin’s governor last week declared a public health emergency and required masks to be worn indoors. But that immediately fell victim to the politics of coronavirus as at least 16 county sheriffs said they would not enforce the order.

The Florence County Sheriff’s Office told residents: “Wear a mask if you want, if you don’t want to, that is fine also”. In Oneida county, the sheriff said the governor’s order “is in violation of the constitution” while the sheriff of Racine county called the order “government overreach”.

The University of Washington’s Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation has warned that the refusal of Iowa’s governor, Kim Reynolds, to require masks in public spaces will cost 700 additional lives over the next three months. It predicted the number of coronavirus deaths at about 13 a day in Iowa by the end of October with the present policy compared to fewer than two if 95% of people used face coverings.

In Kansas, the Republican-controlled legislature tied governor Laura Kelly’s hands by preventing her from limiting the numbers of people in bars and restaurants or closing businesses until mid-September even as coronavirus cases increase. Republicans said there was no need for Kelly to have those powers because there would not be a second wave until after September.

[CrispyQ]

15. How did we ever get seat belt legislation passed?

My bad. Most of those laws were passed before the GOP decided to obstruct rather than govern. Newt Gingrich must be so proud.

[durablend]

26. Beats me

I'm surprised they don't consider stop signs and traffic lights to be illegal and "a violation of muh freedums"

[Marthe48]

40. In my town, I think they do

also using turn signals, having headlights on at dawn and dusk, other laws seem to be violations of their rights. :/

[CrispyQ]

57. Oh the lack of headlights at dawn and dusk are the worst!

"I can see just fine." Of course you can moron, but nobody can see you. Get it?

[Marthe48]

58. I'm glad I'm not usually out

Oh well, what goes on behind my mask, stays behind my mask! lol

[progree]

38. That was before right wing hate radio, right wing hate TV, right wing hate email

and right wing hate social media, to name a few

Getting something like that passed nowadays would be impossible.

[murielm99]

4. In my red Illinois county,

I see a lot of maskless morons.

I drove by our local farmer's market yesterday. Only ONE vendor was wearing a mask.

I drove on. They don't need my money. They don't deserve it.

[CaptYossarian]

8. In about a month, they'll need a $10,000 funeral when the hoax kills them.

"It's just like the flu." I didn't know that many people enjoyed getting the flu.

[SheltieLover]

11. And hundreds of thousands

In med bills on the way to the funeral!

[CaptYossarian]

12. They'll have to sell more meth AND the double-wide.

Put the whitewalls on the outside so it moves quicker.

[SheltieLover]

13. 🤣🤣🤣

👍

[stopdiggin]

36. does that actually work?

askin' for a friend ...

[CaptYossarian]

59. Not sure.

I was working off a joke by Foxworthy or Blake Clark.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

17. Actually they'll praise doG they have the Affordable Care Act and not ObamaCare!

/sarc

[SheltieLover]

20. Right!

🤣🤣🤣👍

[RKP5637]

5. Ignorant idiots generally are unteachable. When something finally smacks them in the nose they say

WTF, how could this happen. In this case for many it will be death or a long term devastating effect to their body. I keep coming back to the US society, what is wrong, how could so many have such really stupid beliefs.

[BComplex]

18. Fox propaganda, now supplemented by russian propaganda OANN, and Sputnik.

Trump has let the russians come right in on our radio waves. I seriously doubt russia would invite msnbc.

[WyattKansas]

50. And they will all be outraged that the Democrats let it happen in spite of always opposing the Dems.

They will keep riding the 'blame the Democrats' outrage, because they will only accept FUX Newz and Soviet propaganda as real (alternative) news.

[gratuitous]

10. Gee, we didn't do a thing, and now the virus is unstoppable

Oh, it was eminently stoppable, folks. It's just that some people in influential positions preferred to indulge in pointless disputes about simple countermeasures. Then they utterly wasted the initial herculean effort by the American people by doing a whole lot of nothing. As surely as night follows day, the failure to follow the guidelines results in more infections, more hospitalizations, and more deaths, and Gov. Parson defends his indolence with "there was a lot of information on both sides." Because he had no obligation at all to see whose information was grounded in science and public health epidemiology and whose information was so much nonsense. Who could tell?!

[Midnight Writer]

41. Exactly. When Trump made a speech saying there are only 15 cases was the time to act.

[Scarsdale]

53. The blame for the pandemic,

business closings job losses, foreclosures, food insecurity (! thanks Reagan) all can be placed at the feet of tRump and his "advisors" who ignored the warnings. SOMEONE should have stepped up and said something about the PDB's being ignored. This entire disaster is their fault. They can call it the China virus all they want to, the warnings came and were ignored. This is the tRumpandemic. Thousands of lives lost, other lives ruined. All their fault. Anyone in a private sector job who caused even a fraction of this disaster would have been fired, no good references, just shoved out the door. Government employees can total screw up millions of lives, and it is glossed over. We need to know the name of EVERYONE who knew this pandemic was coming, and said nothing. Charges should be filed. At the very least, charged with derelection of duty. tRump needs to have this total disaster hung around his fat neck for the rest of his miserable life.

[dchill]

14. Intentional freedumb.

[ancianita]

16. If Americans are not NY Tough...

tough, smart, united, disciplined and loving -- they will die like lemmings over the cliff even after a vaccine is available.

[Delmette2.0]

19. : 'Not a mask in sight': thousands flock to Yellowstone as park reopens

Montana and surrounding states are paying the price. Our infection rates have sky rocketed. I know, i know 100+ doesn't sound like much compared to the southern states, but this is my home, my family my life. So FUCK YOU for coming here and not respecting our lives because of the low infection rate. We did what was the right thing to do and YOU took advantage of it so YOU wouldn't get sick. Well ,YOU are making us sick.

Just FUCKING GO AWAY!

I apologise to my fellow DUers. I know you are not the problem. This rant is for the trolls on this site.

[SheltieLover]

22. Incredibly selfish of them!

🤬

[Delmette2.0]

23. I don't the right words to convince them otherwise.

I can't wait for tourist season to be over.

[SheltieLover]

27. I'll bet!

Tourists are a pain in the ass. Now add covid & recipe for disaster! Who in their right mind would go anywhere nonessential now? Covidiots! 🤬

[Delmette2.0]

44. Covidiots is spot on!

You protect me, not the other way around.

[Mr.Bill]

48. I live in a county in Northern California.

There are tourists here in the summer. Some years ago there was a popular bumper sticker that said:

If it's called tourist season, why can't we shoot them?

[Delmette2.0]

49. LOL. Thank you for that.

[MustLoveBeagles]

31. Stay safe

[Delmette2.0]

45. We, my sister, som and daughter-in- law are doing our best.

[bringthePaine]

21. perspective - Covid can, and in many cases does, cure stupidity once and for all

[peggysue2]

33. LOL!!

Yeah, cures it the hard way, by way of death or compromised health issues for life.

We will no doubt see a preventable tragedy after this huge biker's rally in SD. The crush of people, no preventative measures, and then bikers going back home carrying the virus to family and friends. And, of course, a Trumper Governor who values Freedumb over life and limb.

The Kool-aid is potent with these people.

[Squinch]

24. Nope. Not unstoppable. Not at all. Unless people choose to be dumber than doorknobs. Then it is.

[lindysalsagal]

28. You would think none of these fools had science classes as kids.

They did. They just are too selfish to keep even themselves safe.

[llashram]

35. lemmings

following their leader. And most know where lemmings end up

[Warpy]

37. The original prediction early last spring was that it would be over

Columbia U School of Medicine has posted last spring's virology course online and I've been kicking and clawing through it since virology in the days before HIV wasn't covered very thoroughly in my then excellent micro course.

The professor stated around class 5 or 6 that coronavirus would likely follow the SARS Cov1 pattern and be gone by the beginning of summer. I think that view was likely prevalent then but as the infectiousness of this thing became known, experts revised their opinions.

The problem is that Dumdum and his acolytes didn't keep up. Dumdum is incapable of it and his acolytes trusted him to have the latest information and with Dumdum contradicting Dr. Fauci at every opportunity, the stage was set for an horrific epidemic.

The problem is really the old religion vs. science tension. Religion is kept static, the texts remain the same even if the misinterpretations vary. Science can change hourly as data come in and clarify the original picture. People who rely on the former are simply not going to be able to cope with the latter and are going to feel lied to every single time.

That is what we're up against here and why those folks are so defiant about not doing anything to protect themselves or others. They're pissed off when information comes in and changes things and think science lies to them.

This is as good a theory as any. They're not all hateful, they just can't handle mixed messages. Dumdum shoots from the lip and then doubles down on his lies. To them, that's telling the truth because he refuses to change.

[geretogo]

39. After 40 years of hate government and science Ray Gun economics , this what you get . 30% of the

population is so dumbed down their hatred of the truth is going to put them in an early grave .

[Upthevibe]

43. geretodo...You hit the nail on the head......

Ray Gun: "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: 'I'm from the government, and I'm here to help'." Eliminate the Fairness Doctrine in 1987 - Thanks for giving us Rush Limbaugh (who IMHO, quite possibly has caused more harm than anyone almost ever by fear-mongering and creating a hatred towards The Libs that's astonishing), throw in Trickle Down Economics - And you now have the sh** show called the U.S.A.

[Marthe48]

42. We must rely on ourselves

I'm prepared to wear a mask and observe other safeguards for the rest of my life. I am planning to be alive in Nov (or Oct) to cast my vote. At least I hope to avoid dying from Covid-19.

Some of the stupid people who have literally and figuratively chosen this hill to die on will not be here in Nov. to vote. They will not be here in future to fall in line with bad policies. They are causing harm and injury right now, and innocents are paying for their bully rush to death. I wish it wasn't like that, and I mourn the loss of grandparents who bake cookies and play with their grand kids, pass along lore, share the stories of people in our family. I mourn the loss of younger people who fought in the front lines, who tried to make a difference. I mourn for the people who will be impaired until they die, because even though they used the guidelines, some putz infected them with Covid-19. Just do what you need to do to stay safe. I know what I do, and I know not everyone is going to do everything I do. But I know if I do it for myself, I am doing all I can to avoid getting sick or making someone sick.

[RKP5637]

55. And then when a vaccine becomes available, we will have waves of anti-vaccine idiots. n/t

[JCMach1]

46. And a new vector is opening soon in a neighborhood

Near you

[grantcart]

51. Sturgis could generate a 100,000 death super spreader event

[moondust]

52. Idiots overloading the health care system.

Whenever possible to determine, responsible citizens who have diligently followed the COVID guidelines should receive priority treatment IMO.

[Crunchy Frog]

54. Dying to own the libs. n/t

[Hulk]

56. I drove from Central Mexico to Portland Oregon in July

And in most rural areas in Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Idaho... and to a lesser extent Utah and Oregon.... wearing a mask drew attention to you. I often felt the look of scorn on the faces of the dumb fuckers.

An old friend took me into his favorite hangout where he shoots pool... and there were about 30 patrons, no one wearing a mask. In fact if they came in wearing a mask they immediately took it off.

This is what we're dealing with, and this is why we are failing miserably.