There’s only one way to describe the elected politicians who continue to deny and demean efforts to deal with Covid-19. By now, America should know that denying the need to mitigate the devastating toll of the Covid-19 pandemic has no scientific support and no bearing on reality. Covid-19 is a disease that, at the time this is being written, has taken over 230,000 lives and sickened over 13 million people. What’s also a reality is that at this point in time there is no proven cure for the disease and no real medical knowledge regarding the care and prevention of long term effects of the disease after so-called recovery. Until at least three fourths of the population receive a yet to be proven vaccine the only prevention is avoiding contact with an infected individual. And, that is much easier said than done as there is no way of determining if the person standing beside you at the grocery store or filling the tank of their car at the next pump in the filling station is free of the disease. So, the best prevention is to prevent indoor gatherings of individuals, practice social distancing, and wear masks. Of course, there are assholes who will maintain any form of prevention interferes with personal liberty. But, since when did personal liberty extend to the right to infect others with a deadly disease? It is a sad state of affairs and a slap in the face of intelligence that some of the biggest assholes when it comes to denouncing government efforts to mitigate the spread of Covid-19 come from elected politicians. Not only does this “boycott” of scientific knowledge indicate a level of ignorance but it shows a total lack of competence to govern responsibly. Yet, a group of GOP legislators in Ohio have officially filed articles of impeachment against Republican Gov. Mike DeWine over the state's coronavirus rules, according to The Washington Post. Reps. John Becker, Nino Vitale, Candice Keller, and Paul Zeltwanger have filed 12 articles of impeachment against DeWine, with Becker describing the action as "an effort to restore the rule of law." The group alleges that the DeWine administration has enacted unconstitutional orders to further prevent the spread of COVID-19 across Ohio. In a statement, Becker's office slammed the governor's health-related efforts to combat the virus. "Governor DeWine's mismanagement, malfeasance, misfeasance, abuse of power, and other crimes include, but are not limited to, meddling in the conduct of a presidential primary election, arbitrarily closing and placing curfews on certain businesses, while allowing other businesses to remain open," the statement read. "He weaponized the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation to bully and harass businesses and the people; to enforce a statewide mask mandate and other controversial measures of dubious 'value,' making Ohio a hostile work environment." The group contends that DeWine violated the civil liberties of Ohio residents by enacting a stay-at-home order this past March and by requiring citizens to wear masks when out in public. It is a pity that over 70 million American voters are too fucking stupid to recognize fact from fiction. While all of the votes in the November election have yet to be counted and certified as official there are individuals from the President, Senators, Representatives, and people in the media who should be more responsible trying to deny the effectiveness of preventative measures. Each one of these assholes should be arrested to aiding and abetting manslaughter for their lack of intelligent, sensible response to cope with this virus has resulted in untold numbers of deaths and continues to threaten millions of others with disease and death. None of them are worthy of their elected office and none of them have shown the slightest leadership skill.
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