Over Two Dozen Mississippi Lawmakers Get Infected With COVID-19

discobot · July 9, 2020, 1:31pm

26 Mississippi lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19, according to state health officer Dr. Thomas Dobbs.

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=1319409

ralph_vonholst · July 9, 2020, 1:33pm

So I should put on a sweater?

lizzymom · July 9, 2020, 1:34pm

AHAHAHAHAaaaaassaaaaaaaaa!!

(Non-mask-wearing Goopers, I assume…)

rogerhead · July 9, 2020, 1:36pm

It is Mississippi.

sara · July 9, 2020, 1:37pm

Thoughts & Prayers^TM

maximus · July 9, 2020, 1:37pm

But Mississippi has a hot climate. How did this happen?

mondfledermaus · July 9, 2020, 1:39pm

That’s God’s way of smiting them for reneging on the Lord’s favorite flag.

hagarwood · July 9, 2020, 1:42pm

Few legislators and public officials have been wearing masks at the Capitol, according to the Clarion Ledger.

FFS…just wear the freakin’ mask!

Bill Nye on the importance of wearing face masks:
‘They Are Literally Life and Death’

pshah · July 9, 2020, 1:44pm

It’s only because they’re testing more, see? If they weren’t testing, there wouldn’t have been any cases. Don’t make me get Donnie to explain it to you all. I know how much y’all hate that.

Oh, and just put a mask on it. Is it really the end of the world?

centralasiaexpat · July 9, 2020, 1:45pm

I can’t offer my reaction until I know how mayof them are Republicans

rucleare · July 9, 2020, 1:49pm

Meanwhile, Democratic lawmakers have filed a bill seeking to change the name of the capitol city from Jackson to Karma, Mississippi. “It has a nice ring, don’t you think?” the sponsor of the bill was heard to say.

bankerpup · July 9, 2020, 1:52pm

We can giggle that it’s Mississippi lawmakers, but come August this is what might happen in schools, K through Ph.D., across the country.

centralasiaexpat · July 9, 2020, 1:55pm

As long as they have no underlying conditions they’ll be fine

srfromgr · July 9, 2020, 1:57pm

I was wondering that as well. Wonder what the over-under number of Dems to Repukes ended up with the virus, and how that relates to which ones wore masks. I’m assuming for the sake of argument that Dems wore their masks because they tend to be more conscious of the threat this disease poses and are in less denial. Anyway…interesting experiment. Too bad so many threw the dice and lost their bet that it was no big thing. Idiots. Covidiots.

tecmage · July 9, 2020, 1:57pm

I guess this is a sign that it is safe to open schools…

ajoguy · July 9, 2020, 2:01pm

My choice would be a shirt, it’s hot enough in hell:

lizzymom · July 9, 2020, 2:04pm

I’m assuming the same thing – Dems followed the guidelines, the Goopers spat on them. I mean, of course I feel sorry for any innocents (spouses, kids, whomever) that may be caught up in this. But the morons who flouted the rules? Hope they get a really good case.

lizzymom · July 9, 2020, 2:04pm

Eeewwwwww. No un-seeing that.

tao · July 9, 2020, 2:05pm

jaybeeraybee · July 9, 2020, 2:06pm

26 Mississippi lawmakers have tested positive for COVID-19

You could say that Karma ran over their Dogma.