The GOP's latest attacks are deeply ironic. Had more Republicans urged vaccines, the Covid surge would likely have been avoided. | Analysis by StCollinson
As soon as the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention rolled back indoor unmasking guidance on Tuesday for a majority of US counties amid surging new coronavirus cases, the ideological conflagration over face coverings roared back to life.Ex-President Donald Trump, in his latest attempt to damage his successor over a pandemic he himself basically ignored at the end of his own term while pushing his election lies, issued a statement saying,"Don't surrender to COVID.
Doctor: 'We've all lost patients here in the last few weeks' 03:05The showdown not only augured a new struggle between science and politics -- a disconnect that has plagued efforts to beat the worst public health crisis in 100 years. It also unleashed a face-off with extra partisan dimensions since it could preview a possible 2024 presidential election duel between DeSantis and Biden.The latest GOP attacks were deeply ironic.
Republican lawmaker defends fact he isn't getting vaccinated 06:11Biden also said that while masking in schools would be"inconvenient" it would allow kids to be able to learn and spend time with their classmates again.But DeSantis, who has frequently sought to spin political advantage from the pandemic, styling himself as the scourge of health guidance unpopular with conservatives, including on vaccine passports, quickly contradicted Biden's advice.
Florida Democratic Rep. Charlie Crist: Yes there should be mask mandates and lockdowns again 05:55DeSantis is a protege of Trump, though his rising political profile might soon get him crossways with the ex-President, who is mulling another White House run in 2024. In resisting CDC mask recommendations, DeSantis is following in well-trodden footsteps.
"We live in a constitutional democracy. We do not have government by doctors meeting in conference rooms at CDC and issuing press releases," Bruce Afran, a lawyer for the parents, told CNN's Victor Blackwell on Tuesday.But the new political clashes over masking are dismaying doctors on the front lines of the pandemic, who are tired of people resisting health guidance."I am so sick of this virus filling my emergency department and those of my colleagues around the country.
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