Hermes Thoth (07-28-2021), martin (07-28-2021), PostmodernProphet (07-28-2021)
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy a "moron" Wednesday when asked about his comment that mask mandates for vaccinated people are against the science.
"Make no mistake—The threat of bringing masks back is not a decision based on science, but a decision conjured up by liberal government officials who want to continue to live in a perpetual pandemic state," McCarthy said Tuesday in reaction to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidance.
Asked to react to McCarthy's comment Wednesday, Pelosi responded: "He's such a moron."
The Pelosi comment underscores the uniquely hostile relationship between her and McCarthy.
Hermes Thoth (07-28-2021), martin (07-28-2021), PostmodernProphet (07-28-2021)
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced Tuesday that the agency is now recommending that vaccinated people in areas with high COVID-19 case counts wear mask in indoor public settings. The reasoning behind this, Walensky said, is because "in rare occasions, some vaccinated people infected with the delta variant after vaccination may be contagious and pass the virus to others."
Darth Omar (07-28-2021)
^this is science?? its conjecture at best, Pelosi is a control freak
Hermes Thoth (07-28-2021), Into the Night (07-28-2021)
martin (07-28-2021)
Good. Stop pussy footing around. McCarthy is a moron. Everyone that believes masks don't work is a moron. Period. Full stop.
PostmodernProphet (07-28-2021)
Althea (07-28-2021)
Into the Night (07-28-2021)
Althea (07-28-2021)
talk about morons.....they sure hit this thread fast
Wolverine (07-28-2021)
Althea (07-28-2021)
Mccarthy may know better, but he sees an advantage in telling lies. He knows what kind of horrible person Trump is, but since politics is the business of getting re-elected, you can see why Kevin sucks up as he does. Trump can primary politicians who stand up to him. Trump has to focus on a few red campaigns and lose, then the reds will flee from him. The Reds don't like Trump either.
PostmodernProphet (07-28-2021)
Please continue urging your friends, family, and allies to avoid masks and the vaccine.
Please keep creating that doubt among your people because enough of them are going to die over the next 15 months that will impact narrow races next year.
So just like how your big mouth cost you last year's elections, it'll cost you next year's too.
When I die, turn me into a brick and use me to cave in the skull of a fascist
Correct. And the more virus that is present in a given area, the more likely a vaxxed person will get the virus. For example, in Duval County, there were 660 cases of Covid per 100,000 people over the last seven days. In many areas, that count is in single digits (I looked up Baltimore Maryland this morning because our resident racist cited it as a covid ridden urban shithole, and the number in the county was 3.6 cases per 100,000).
So right now, in Duval county Florida, you are more than 200 times more likely to contract Covid than you are in Baltimore Maryland. Unvaxxed people are five times less likely to contract Covid if exposed. So in Duval County, even as a vaxxed person, you are 40 times more likely to contract Covid than an unvaccinated person in Baltimore, assuming you do not practice masking and social distancing. You are also far more likely to be hospitalized here even as a vaccinated person than you are in Baltimore. This is why the unvaxxed morons are impacting those of us who are vaccinated. You are vastly increasing OUR chances of catching the virus. Meanwhile, we are now masking again to protect YOUR fucking sorry asses, while you spread it to each other like Typhoid Mary. Florida is in for a public health disaster unlike anything we have seen in this country in a century. Say goodbye to the White House governor. You can't hide the numbers forever. People are starting to die.
Pelosi is exaggerating a bit, McCarthy isn’t a moron, rather a snake, not a lot of courage there, he’ll do anything that advances himself, which currently means promoting the right wing antiFauci rant, if he wants to stay head honcho he has to keep the little Jimmy Jordan’s happy
And as even yourself highlighted, on rare occasions even those vaccinated can pass the virus, which when dealing with the strong highly contagious Delta variant, even rare occasions has to be taken seriously
The irony of it is that it was recommended for those in hot spots where the variant is quickly spreading, meaning largely Red States, the same people who are refusing to get the vaccine cause some TV demagogue or politician as McCarthy undercuts the importance of getting vaccinated.
PostmodernProphet (07-28-2021)
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