GOP Lawmakers Oppose ‘Democratic’ Vaccination Efforts

As the number of coronavirus infections rises around the country, lawmakers have adopted responses that trouble many health officials, ProPublica reports.

“In Tennessee, Republicans legislators threatened to shut down the state health department, saying it was targeting minors for mass vaccinations without the consent of parents. In Ohio, lawmakers allowed a doctor to testify at a legislative hearing last month that coronavirus vaccines could leave people magnetized (they can’t). During a hearing in the Montana Senate, a senator said he had read articles about “putting a chip in the vaccine.” (There are no chips in vaccines.)”

“Those supporters now tend to oppose efforts to get everyone vaccinated, believing they are being led by Democrats.”

Said Missouri state Rep. Bill Kidd (R), after testing positive for Covid-19: “And no, we didn’t get the vaccine. We’re Republicans.”