Your Cheatin Heart - part the fifteenth

June 15, 2021 


                           New York Times 

                        by A. Corres Pondent 


     RED STATES WITH SPARSE VACCINATIONS EXPLODE WITH COVID 

To the surprise of No One, the Red States, which have been lax in getting their populations vaccinated, are experiencing a resurgence in Covid. The curve started back up on May 14, the day after the CDC and President Biden announced that the fully vaccinated are free to go about their lives without a mask in all venues, not just outdoors.

To the surprise of No One, all those Red State Yahoos immediately dis-masked, even though the majority eligible for vaccines have refused to be vaccinated. If the rest of the country is fortunate, the Yahoos will infect themselves to death.

Today's update; sooner than expected but boy howdy!! The South shall die again!!

             cases    per 100K
Louisiana      7,592     63 
 
Mississippi    3,608     37 

As of Episode 14

             cases    per 100K
Louisiana      5,388     52 
 
Mississippi    1,317     31 

The innumerate refuse to grok non-linear/geometric/exponential progression.

In the last two weeks, new case counts in Louisiana accelerated the fastest in the nation at an average rate of 444 cases per week per day (2.38 cases per 100,000 people per week per day). Only 36% of the state's residents are vaccinated, making it among the least vaccinated in the country.

Stupid is as stupid does in Louisiana.

"It's a personal decision, to begin with. Second, when is it gonna end? I just... disagree that the government should tell us what to do", said mother of three Dylcia Maier.

And, for good measure, here's what Mississippi's Tate Reeves is doing during this new surge

In a month, the number of Mississippians hospitalized for COVID-19 has climbed 403%, while the number of patients on ventilators on ventilators is up 550%. But even as Mississippi's weary public health officials and health care workers were busy fighting the pandemic's latest wave back home, Gov. Tate Reeves was 700 miles away, regaling a partisan group with tales of his political triumphs.

So, of course, he's playing Darth Vader while Mississippi burns

With the governor opting for a more laissez-faire approach to the pandemic than ever before, MSDH reported 1,317 new cases of COVID-19 today—the most in a single day since Jan. 30, 2021.

One might hope that these morons get tossed out of office next election. The ironic point being: the only folks dumb enough to vote for even dumber candidates are the ones so stupid they'll likely get really sick from Covid. May be even die. Then, of course, they can't vote. Well, if they're White they surely can.