Colorado Gov. Jared Polis, a Democrat, declared in a new interview that the COVID-19 emergency is “over” and that he won’t be implementing another statewide mask mandate in response to the spread of the omicron variant, explaining that if people aren’t vaccinated at this point it’s their “own darn fault” if they get sick.
“Everybody had more than enough opportunity to get vaccinated,” Polis told Colorado Public Radio on Friday. "Hopefully it’s been at your pharmacy, your grocery store, a bus near you, [or at] big events. At this point, if you haven’t been vaccinated, it’s really your own darn fault."
“The emergency is over,” he said. "You know, public health [officials] don’t get to tell people what to wear; that’s just not their job. Public health [officials] would say to always wear a mask because it decreases flu and decreases [other airborne illnesses]. But that’s not something that you require; you don’t tell people what to wear. You don’t tell people to wear a jacket when they go out in winter and force them to [wear it]. If they get frostbite, it’s their own darn fault.
“If you haven’t been vaccinated, that’s your choice. I respect that. But it’s your fault when you’re in the hospital with COVID,” he added.
Polis lamented that there is an “alternate misinformation universe” contributing to people not getting vaccinated.
Sier litt når en demokratisk guvernør ikke lenger ønsker å være med på at kontinuerlige tiltak er løsningen. Hva som er lurt og ikke lurt er ikke nødvendigvis så relevant, det viktige her er at dette viser hvor upopulære alle tiltakene og begrensningene begynner å bli.
Folk begynner å bli klare til å akseptere at folk dør “unødvendig” hvis de enten ikke kan bli vaksinert, eller ikke gidder å vaksinere seg. I hvert fall enkelte steder. Dette er en holdning som vil spre seg mer og mer nå også i Norge gjennom vinteren nå som vi har en regjering fra venstresiden. En slik kynisme går ikke for høyresiden politisk, men det fungerer helt greit fra venstresiden. For “alle vet” de er “så snille og gode” så da framstår det som mer troverdig at man godtar unødvendige dødsfall fordi alternativkostnaden er for stor. Prøv å ha en person fra kalkulatorhøyre si noe lignende og helvete braker løs 