BTRTN: Can't Understand DeSantis and Abbott? Permanent Covid is Good for Republicans

[reggieandlee]

Born To Run The Numbers attempts to understand why the governor of the state with by far the worst Covid infection rates in the country is positioning himself as the most aggressive anti-mask mandate politician in the nation:

http://www.borntorunthenumbers.com/2021/08/btrtn-cant-understand-desantis-and.html

Excerpts: "There is no mystery about where the opposition to vaccination in the United States is concentrated: all you have to do is look at the most current data on Covid cases. The American South represents 34% of the U.S. population, but a whopping 56% of the weekly Covid cases. Pick the data apart further, and you find a literally sickening statistic. Simply rank, top to bottom, the percentage of weekly Covid cases in the states that have a higher percentage of Covid cases than percentage of population. You see a national x-ray revealing the deep dark splotches of metastasized rejection of science. You see the Deep South...
"You would think, of course – and hope and pray, while you are at it – that those states are doing everything in their power to control the killing wave that is surging through their populations. They are not. They are doing pretty much the opposite...
"Sadly, it is becoming clear that Permanent Covid is very good politics for Republicans, who apparently see a lot of upside to a raging pandemic that preys most upon the poorest among us. It happens that the governors of Texas and Florida are two hyper-ambitious politicians who are eying 2024 and know that the path to the Republican nomination passes directly through Trump’s base. Permanent Covid is one key to successfully navigating that path... But good luck even achieving herd immunity simply in the United States if it is not really what Republicans want. And that, friends, is one too many ironies in the fire. You see, the only reason that Republicans claim to believe in 'freedom from government' is so they can get back in control of it."

[Midnight Writer]

1. Republicans win when America fails.

[machoneman]

2. But, but...white folks die just like minority folks, right? In fact, I'll venture future studies....

...will show far more poor whites, in numbers, have died of COVID-19 than all the minorities put together. But then again, simple math was never a strong point with Southern Republican office holders let alone their dim-witted constituents.

[PortTack]

3. Disagree

They are killing off THEIR own voters. If not dead many are too sick to sit up let alone thing about voting
Ppl are leaving the gqp party by the thousands fed up with their unwillingness to help their own ppl

They may THINK it’s a winning strategy, it’s already backfiring in their faces spectacularly

[Skittles]

4. they know they still have gerrymandering and voter suppression on their side

repukes know they cannot fairly win with their shitty fascist platform