As coronavirus cases rise, red-state governors resist measures to slow the spread

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As coronavirus cases rise, red-state governors resist measures to slow the spread, preach ‘personal responsibility'

With cases surging to new highs and hospital capacity running low, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum teared up describing a state “caught in the middle of a covid storm.”

To weather it, he said at a news conference last week, people would need to keep their distance, wear masks and avoid gatherings. But the one thing North Dakota did not need were legal limits on reckless behavior.

“It’s not a job for government,” Burgum (R) declared.
The novel coronavirus is hammering America’s heartland this fall, with records shattered daily in states that had escaped the worst of the disease this spring and summer. Case numbers also are rising again in other states where the virus was thought to be under control after months of widespread illness.

Yet even as health authorities in small cities and rural towns plead for help in tamping down deadly outbreaks, many Republican governors are resisting new measures to stop the spread. Some are even loosening rules already on the books.

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[ResistantAmerican17]

1. I'm in metro Houston, TX. Watch this space. Covidiots galore, ok with open bars

and restaurants, (punted to the counties) nonexistent testing, and a guv who’s almost as loyal a flufffer for drumph as deSatan.