Fri Nov 13, 2020, 09:26 PM

alp227 (30,714 posts)

Gov. Brad Little Moves Idaho Back To Stage 2, Calls Up National Guard, But Resists Mask Mandate

Source: Boise State Public Radio

Idaho Gov. Brad Little is rolling Idaho back to a modified version of Stage 2 pandemic restrictions and calling up the National Guard to prop up a teetering healthcare system amid skyrocketing COVID-19 infections in the state.

“We’ve come to the profound conclusion that what we’ve been doing hasn’t been working,” Little said.

But the governor continues to resist growing calls for a statewide mask mandate, despite evidence that such measures have worked in other states.

Idaho is in the grips its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the first state case was diagnosed in mid-March. Deaths have also been rising sharply and health care officials say some hospitals are getting close to having to ration care.

Read more: https://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/gov-brad-little-moves-idaho-back-stage-2-calls-national-guard-resists-mask-mandate

The full executive order is online here: https://coronavirus.idaho.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/stage-2-modified-order.pdf

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Gov. Brad Little Moves Idaho Back To Stage 2, Calls Up National Guard, But Resists Mask Mandate (Original post)	alp227	Nov 13	OP
Suicidal Republican governors...	dchill	Nov 13	#1
"This is profound, this is the deepest shit we've ever been in, people are dying all over Idaho, but	Leghorn21	Nov 13	#2
What a moron	Sherman A1	Nov 14	#5
The bad part is, he's one of the better governors Idaho has had in a long time	jmowreader	Nov 14	#9
freedom! Like the freedom u experience being strapped down, intubated, and on a ventilator	progree	Nov 13	#3
People screaming 'freedom' are actually asking to infect others.	apnu	Nov 14	#7
So true. Just like "religious freedom" usually comes at the expense of another person's religious	progree	Nov 14	#8
One Solution	OhioTim	Nov 14	#4
Buh-bye Idaho, it was nice knowing you.	apnu	Nov 14	#6
they all can go with god, and be free.	stillcool	Nov 14	#10
America doesn't ration health care	IronLionZion	Nov 14	#11
I guess they think it's not macho to wear a mask. Nt	raccoon	Nov 15	#12

Response to alp227 (Original post)

Fri Nov 13, 2020, 09:31 PM

dchill (26,263 posts)

1. Suicidal Republican governors...

Gotta love 'em. No mask=more death. That is all.

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Fri Nov 13, 2020, 09:32 PM

Leghorn21 (12,172 posts)

2. "This is profound, this is the deepest shit we've ever been in, people are dying all over Idaho, but

NO FUCKIN MASKS, MAN!!!1!

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Response to Leghorn21 (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 14, 2020, 06:19 AM

Sherman A1 (33,656 posts)

5. What a moron

He will spend the time, effort and money to call out the national guard, but won’t do the simplest, most effective and most inexpensive thing calling for a mask mandate.

The Governor is a Dumbass.

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Response to Sherman A1 (Reply #5)

Sat Nov 14, 2020, 12:27 PM

jmowreader (44,344 posts)

9. The bad part is, he's one of the better governors Idaho has had in a long time

Cecil Andrus (the last Democratic governor we had) was the best governor Idaho ever had. Phil Batt, Dirk Kempthorne, Jim Risch (now Idaho's most worthless senator...the somewhat-competent senator is the one who has to put a tutorial on how to pronounce his name on his Senate website) and Butch Otter were all about as worthless as three-dollar bills with Trump's face on them. Little isn't great, but he didn't have a hell of a lot of competition in 2018.

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Fri Nov 13, 2020, 10:24 PM

progree (7,599 posts)

3. freedom! Like the freedom u experience being strapped down, intubated, and on a ventilator

Little’s compromise approach has angered both the far-right, who see any restrictions as an affront to their freedom,

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Response to progree (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 14, 2020, 09:29 AM

apnu (8,312 posts)

7. People screaming 'freedom' are actually asking to infect others.

Its not personal choice of individual risk, its collective risk. They are demanding the right to infect and spread this contagion.

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Response to apnu (Reply #7)

Sat Nov 14, 2020, 12:15 PM

progree (7,599 posts)

8. So true. Just like "religious freedom" usually comes at the expense of another person's religious

freedom. E.g. the "religious freedom" of an employer like Hobby Lobby denying an employee contraception coverage.

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Sat Nov 14, 2020, 05:05 AM

OhioTim (92 posts)

4. One Solution

People who aren't wearing masks should be given a citation and asked to sign a waiver that wouldn't allow them to receive state or federal funds for treatment if they contact Covid 19. That might get them to think twice (maybe).

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Sat Nov 14, 2020, 09:27 AM

apnu (8,312 posts)

6. Buh-bye Idaho, it was nice knowing you.

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Sat Nov 14, 2020, 05:08 PM

stillcool (30,844 posts)

10. they all can go with god, and be free.

I feel bad for anyone who lives in an area getting hard-hit, as the ripple-effects can be so debilitating. But, it's what the majority wants. Put up some road blocks to keep them inside their state, and let her rip.

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Sat Nov 14, 2020, 05:43 PM

IronLionZion (31,989 posts)

11. America doesn't ration health care

If only there was something very simple that every American can do to stop the spread of this disease. Nah, better to blame foreigners or liberals or whoever else they want to blame. Maybe it's Biden's fault there's COVID spreading through Idaho.

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Sun Nov 15, 2020, 07:02 AM

raccoon (29,176 posts)

12. I guess they think it's not macho to wear a mask. Nt

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