"Cuz we're stupid fuckheads" - 2 MN Repuk gov. candidates have had Covid but not been vaccinated

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Last edited Thu Dec 9, 2021, 06:32 AM - Edit history (2)

Actually they didn't say that, that would show way too much insight and self-awareness for a RepubliCON

Five GOP candidates for governor say they’ve had COVID-19, MPR, 12/8/21

Five of the Republicans running for governor revealed Tuesday night that they have had COVID-19, but they remain firmly opposed to any vaccination mandates.

Michelle Benson, Paul Gazelka, Scott Jensen, Mike Murphy and Neil Shah discussed their personal health histories and vaccine views during a 3rd District candidate forum in Wayzata.

Jensen and Murphy said they have not been vaccinated. The others have been.

Jensen, who is a physician and former state senator, stressed that he does not tell his patients what to do on vaccines, even though many doctors and public health officials have been urging people to get vaccinated.

“The patient should champion their own health care,” Jensen said.

Shah, who is also a physician, said he was vaccinated when he contracted COVID-19. ... “I took horse dewormer ((Ivermectin)), and I’m still here,” Shah said

More (ugh): https://www.mprnews.org/story/2021/12/08/five-gop-candidates-for-governor-say-theyve-had-covid19

The context is that Minnesota's daily new cases has never been higher in the entire pandemic, except for the one-month period Nov 10 - Dec 11 last winter. The same for hospitalizations and deaths. Currently new cases are up 9% in the last 2 weeks (7 day moving averages). And MN is number 4 highest in the nation in daily new cases per capita.

As for U.S. as a whole: US new cases up 72% since Oct 25 low, highest since Sept 25, Deaths: +43% since Nov 29
https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1014&pid=2837799

Perhaps I should change the pseudo-quote in the title line to: “Now we have become Death, the destroyer of worlds” -- The Republican Bhagavad-Gita

As he witnessed the first detonation of a nuclear weapon on July 16, 1945, a piece of Hindu scripture ran through the mind of Robert Oppenheimer: “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds”. It is, perhaps, the most well-known line from the Bhagavad-Gita, but also the most misunderstood.

https://www.openculture.com/2020/09/j-robert-oppenheimer-explains-how-he-recited-a-line-from-bhagavad-gita.html

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1. One has to wonder about the type of medical degrees that these "physicians" earned

Are they anti vaxxers as a matter of principle or only Covid?

Would they, next allow kids who were not vaccinated against, say, polio or smallpox to go to school?

[dflprincess]

2. "The patient should champion their own health care," Jensen said.

I do "champion my own health care". I also see a M.D. for expert advice and I'm thankful the one I see:
a) listens to me and answers any questions I have
b) advises me about any "routine maintenance" (including vaccines) or other tests/procedures I need
c) tries to impress on me why something I may be stalling on (not vaccines in my case) really needs to be done.

A physician who does not give the patient all the information they need is incompetent.

[geardaddy]

3. So, I just researched Neil Shah

He's a dermatologist and plastic surgeon.

It looks like Jensen also has a subspecialty in dermatology and plastic surgery.
Plus their Covid Care section mentions nothing about vaccinations:
https://www.catalystmedicalclinic.com/covid-19-care-options/