Republicans Begin Changing their Tune on COVID Shots

 

by Pa Rock

Citizen Journalist

The Republican governor of Alabama, doddering old Kay Ivey, has begun to criticize the unvaccinated people of her state, saying they are holding the Alabama back in its fight against COVID, and she has also started to take a few potshots at the "news" outlets that  promote anti-vaccination conspiracies.  Sean Hannity of the dubious "Fox News" is now telling his viewers that it "absolutely makes sense for Americans to get vaccinated."    Senator Mitch McConnell, the minority leader of the US Senate, has gone on the record saying "shots need to get in everybody's arm as rapidly as possible."  McConnell also wants the public to ignore all of the other people who are "giving demonstrably bad advice" with regard to COVID vaccinations.  Rand Paul, he's most likely looking at you!

And those aren't the only Republicans who appear to be turning their backs on the former party orthodoxy of scorning the shots and the massive nationwide vaccination program.

This week Congressman Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the number two Republican in the House, revealed that he had gotten his first Pfizer shot and was anxiously awaiting the second - and he encouraged others to get their shots as well.  Fox White House correspondent, Steve Doocy, also made a statement encouraging people to get their shots.

Perhaps they are finally "woke" to the fact that it is the unvaccinated who are getting the sickest and dying - and the unvaccinated tend to be, by and large, Trump-supporting Republicans.

Of course there are still the naysayers, particularly on the GOP side of the aisle.  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia was suspended from Twitter for twelve hours this week after she posted a tweet which said that COVID did not pose a serious risk for people who aren't obese and are under the age of sixty-five.   Congresswoman Greene is suspected of getting medical "eddgycation" from "Doctor" Rand Paul.

There remains lots of convincing to be done, but as the deadly Delta Variant spreads and the numbers of sick and dying continue to increase, some former skeptics are beginning to come around and admit that they don't want to endure another year like 2020.

The numbers of sick and dying are rising, and if our leaders won't lead - in a responsible manner that promotes public safety and saves lives - it is time to replace them with leaders who will!