EDITORIAL: Irresponsible Republicans, media talking heads leading a death cult – By Las Vegas Sun Editorial Board (Las Vegas Sun) / July 26 2021
Although it’s definitely a case of better late than never, some right-wing news personalities are finally doing the right thing and supporting COVID-19 vaccination efforts.
If only the Republican Party’s extremist leadership weren’t too scared to follow suit.
Instead, many of the GOP’s top figures refuse to counter lies and disinformation about the vaccination effort even as residents in Republicans’ stronghold states are getting sick and dying at higher-than-average rates amid the outbreak of the delta variant of the disease. This is the stuff of death cults. The leaders would rather sacrifice the well-being of their followers than break from the party’s anti-vaxxer dogma.
Their cowardice is unforgivably irresponsible given that new infections are occurring predominantly among unvaccinated individuals, and that vaccination rates are the lowest in deep-red states. A New York Times analysis this spring showed that the least-vaccinated counties in the nation had a common bond in that they voted for former President Donald Trump.
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