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(CNN)On Thursday, Mitch McConnell was asked about the sluggish Covid-19 vaccination rates among his fellow Kentuckians -- and why he believed it to be the case.
"I'm perplexed by the reluctance of some to get vaccinated, totally perplexed," .
Perplexed, eh?
Let me help!
Maybe just maybe -- and I am spitballing here -- the relentless efforts by former President Donald Trump and his Fox News cohorts to question the severity of the coronavirus, scoff at medical guidance on mask-wearing and cast the whole response to -- and vaccination for -- Covid-19 as an issue of freedom as opposed to one of public health might have something to do with it?
Uh yeah.
While Trump has been vaccinated -- and has said he thinks others should get vaccinated too -- he was the only living president not to participate in a public service announcement urging shots in arms, and he spent much of the previous 16 months downplaying the virus and vilifying the health care experts seeking to mitigate the number of dead from it.
Fox News' most-watched primetime show has led the way when it comes to raising questions about whether to get the vaccine. (Sidebar: You should!)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/09/poli...s-donald-trump-vaccines/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold
"I'm perplexed by the reluctance of some to get vaccinated, totally perplexed," .
Perplexed, eh?
Let me help!
Maybe just maybe -- and I am spitballing here -- the relentless efforts by former President Donald Trump and his Fox News cohorts to question the severity of the coronavirus, scoff at medical guidance on mask-wearing and cast the whole response to -- and vaccination for -- Covid-19 as an issue of freedom as opposed to one of public health might have something to do with it?
Uh yeah.
While Trump has been vaccinated -- and has said he thinks others should get vaccinated too -- he was the only living president not to participate in a public service announcement urging shots in arms, and he spent much of the previous 16 months downplaying the virus and vilifying the health care experts seeking to mitigate the number of dead from it.
Fox News' most-watched primetime show has led the way when it comes to raising questions about whether to get the vaccine. (Sidebar: You should!)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/09/poli...s-donald-trump-vaccines/?hpt=ob_blogfooterold
