GOP candidate says 'healthy folks' should be exempt from coronavirus rules

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By Josh Israel -May 7, 2020 4:44 PM

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest continues to spread false information about the COVID-19 pandemic.

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Dan Forest, currently running as the Republican nominee for governor of the state, told a right-wing outlet this week that social distancing rules are only necessary for older and sick people and that rural counties in North Carolina can safely reopen. Public health experts say this is false.

"We know who the people are that are actually at real risk of this virus. It is the people that are the elderly and those that have immune issues already," Forest told the Daily Signal on Tuesday.

"So people that are at risk fall into those categories, and so you can protect those people by quarantining them, having them stay at home for extra periods of time, creating shopping hours for those folks that don’t interfere with other people, creating times at restaurants where those people could actually go and get their food without coming into contact. All these kinds of things. We know the demographics of the people that are hospitalized and the people that are dying," he said.

Noting that many rural counties in North Carolina have had no reported deaths and that in others those that had the virus have probably recovered, Forest urged the reopening of much of the state's economy. "I think we need to let the healthy folks get back to their livelihoods and allow freedom to reign again in America," he said. "Personal responsibility and freedom is really important, but the government picking winners and losers in the economy based on their own preferences is, I think, a pretty bad thing."

https://americanindependent.com/dan-forest-coronavirus-healthy-folks-safety-measures-north-carolina-gop-covid-19/

So asshole have you been tested.....are you healthy, do you have any pre-existing conditions ....just asking............did you know that 78,000 people have died or do you think its just fine...........

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1. As always...

As always, I would like to invite Dan to mingle freely and get out there to tell people his message up close and in person; everyday if possible and from morning to night.

There is nothing, Sir, like leading by example and I assume that you don't want to be called a hypocrite, so I wlil be watching out for your foray outside to lead the way and show that you mean business. Oh, and your family, too. Show us you really mean business, Bucko!

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4. Yepper spot on....................

join the herd mentality.....Dan .....come on down and see the common folk..........lets shake hands........Dan.....

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8. Sure thing!

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2. Twisted

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3. "Those people"... no words. Just..none. Not anymore. n/t

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5. "it will kill you" "only if i die"

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6. I'd be okay with that under certain conditions

1) We need a robust safety net that enables older people and people who have conditions that make them more susceptible to death or a serious case of the virus to avoid leaving their houses for as long as they need to. This would also include housing subsidies as necessary so that younger people who want or need to get back to some semblance of normal can get a place of their own instead of living with their parents and grandparents.

2) We need more robust testing and tracing

3) Rural counties should only be exempt from orders that apply to cities if they have sufficient capacity in their own hospital without having to send overflow to the city hospitals, as rural hospitals often do. People in the cities have already been locked down in small spaces and have had other healthcare needs postponed to ensure hospital capacity for coronavirus patients. Someone living in the city shouldn't have to wait longer for a hip replacement so that someone in a rural county can get a haircut sooner.

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9. I agree.

Some of the barriers to those great suggestions are, in order:

1) GOP

2) Trump and his Corona Gang of misfits.

3) GOP/Republicans/Trump/etc.

It is obvious that none of those kinds of important changes are going to happen by way of the power structure in place now and that even transcend partisanship and politics. The system is stacking and gamed and I think the crisis is bringing that, glaring like hot coals, to the forefront. It is only going to become more evident.

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7. Typically stupid.

His admirers must really like that quality.