Posted on 08/16/2021 2:41:02 PM PDT by lightman
The House Republican whip urged educating people, not shaming them to counter vaccine hesitancy. Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) on Sunday criticized the strategy of shaming those who have not gotten the COVID-19 vaccination, saying that it is divisive.
“Well first of all, you’ve still got probably two-thirds of our state unvaccinated. What we need to do is be encouraging people to get vaccinated, not trying to shame people that are unvaccinated,” said Scalise.
Scalise made the comments during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation.” The Republican congressman said he got vaccinated recently because of the surge in the Delta variant and waited because he had natural immunity from having had COVID early on.
“I had antibodies and so I ultimately made a decision once I saw the Delta variant picking up, that I thought it was important to get vaccinated, and I have high confidence in this vaccination. It’s safe and effective, and I think we ought to be encouraging more people to do it, but again not shaming people who haven’t,” added Scalise.
“We ought to be getting them the information, encouraging people to go talk to their doctors, because there’s real hesitancy out there and we ought to be confronting that—not trying to divide people based on who’s vaccinated and who’s unvaccinated,” added Scalise.
The number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations has increased sharply in recent weeks. The seven-day average of cases jumped over 18 percent through Aug. 13 when compared to the week before, according to federal data. New hospital admissions increased nearly 30 percent across the same time period.
Although Louisiana is seeing an increase in infections, the representative said he opposes federal mandate as past mask mandates don’t appear to have worked that well.
“Well, again, I don’t want mandates at the federal level, I’ve been very vocal about that. I said those conversations need to be had at the state and local level,” said Scalise, citing Los Angeles, California, as an example of how mask mandates don’t appear to reduce infections. “They’ve had a mask mandate for a long time, but in the end, I think what we really need to be focused on is encouraging more people to get vaccinated,” added Scalise.
Scalise criticized President Joe Biden for not making it a priority to appoint a permanent Food and Drug Administration (FDA) commissioner, since many people point to the vaccine not being approved by the federal agency as the reason they are not getting inoculated. “One of the real areas of hesitancy that we’re seeing, that is a real problem, is that people are saying that it’s not FDA approved yet … and yet we’re 200 days into President Biden’s administration. He still hasn’t appointed the head of the FDA, and that’s definitely a failure on President Biden’s part,” said Scalise. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The number of deaths in the United States among those with COVID-19 has also started to rise. The seven-day average increased 21 percent, hitting 492 as of Aug. 13, though it remains over 59 percent lower than the peak seen on Aug. 2, 2020.
In response to the rising trends, some officials across America have reinstated mandates, primarily mask measures. So far, there have not been orders for non-essential businesses to close. Those orders last year, imposed by most governors, crushed the economy, leading to widespread unemployment.
No shaming of those who choose not to be vaccinated (their body, their choice, their consequences) and no shaming by anti-vaxxers of those who take the jab.
Again, their body, their choice, their consequences.
It's called "FREEDOM"
What a condescending little RINO. I encourage more “education” for HIM.
Too late. The endless shaming, belittling and coercion ended any belief in anything these worthless, democrat party “experts” said.
I believe and recommend that each of us do our own research and prove it to ourselves what the truth is. It’s your life and your body you’re endangering as well as your children and family members. Time will prove who did the right thing. I would also research how to get the shots out of your body, if possible, should you have made the wrong decision.
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Dr. Jochen Ziegler 4 hours ago
The COVID vaccines based on the SARS-Cov-2 spike protein are immunogenic toxins. They have almost no clinical preventive effect against COVID, but their acute toxicity is 100 to 200 times higher than those of conventional vaccines such as the influenza vaccines. I suspect that their chronic toxicity will also prove to be high; evidence for this is already emerging (auto-immune diseases). Furthermore, they could well lead to antibody-dependent enhancement, which would be a public health disaster for the vaccinated. This is the biggest in-human experiment ever done in history and certainly a crime against humanity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFaWTR9BP9M
I suggest if he is a Christian he watch this. (Additional topics at the very beginning and then about the mandatory jab)
Scalise is correct.
I need encouragement.
One million dollars and I will be a Big Pharma medical experiment.
Not one penny less!
Too late!
After the monumental avalanche of shaming, hysteria, lying, intimidation and outright threats there is no way to roll that back and gain the public’s trust now.
I’m more educated about vaccines than that rotund SOB. How dare he insinuate we’re uneducated and that’s the only reason we don’t want vaxxed. These people make me sick.
Bunch of people sitting shoulder to shoulder, not a mask in sight.
I took a wait and see approach and what I am seeing is that the vaccines are neither safe nor effective.
How about some Drugs that work on COVID instead and cut back on Fauci’s profits
Maybe for 10 Million...
Maybe.
Shaming and bullying can get a person shot
Why isn't Scalise ridiculing and abusing Biden today? Scalise is just another RINO pussy.
Also, why does the government block credible efforts by established medical professionals that insist there are effective and affordable TREATMENTS available that, if widely promoted, could reduce hospitalization (and death) by a substantial percentage. (Dr. Peter McCullough, based upon his experience treating COVID patients, estimates that 85% could have avoided hospitalization and/or death.)
I know ALOT more about my bidy & how it has reacted in the pst to PROVEN vaccines.
This jab isn’t proved——just labeled for Emergency use.
NO THANKS.
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