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I’m listening now to a state Senator in Minnesota do a town hall tell his constituents that the flu is worth than COVID-19. He speaks wih authority as a family doctor.

I appreciate his effort to be positive. I would appreciate it more if he understood basic facts.
I am tracking down his phone number. His constituents can impact everyone’s family.

Tell people to listen to their HEALTH COMMISSIONERS not their politicians.
State Senator Jensen. Extremely nice fellow. And I’m sure he’s not the only one making these points. But there’s a reason why pandemics and infectious diseases are a specialty. How they spread & what can be done are best left to experts (not me either).

Got his number. Dialing.
Got off the phone with Scott. It was a heated conversation in time but I believe he also listened. It got hot when I refused to count this as a “difference in views.”

It took a while because I was unrelenting. He has more chances to deliver messages.
I didn’t hold myself out as an authority either. I’m not. I asked him to follow what Jan Malcolm the MN Health Commissioner is telling people.

I pointed to things written by Republicans that he should read and can rely on.
It’s not about politics. One of the most conservative members of the MN House is saying the right things. As @somuchweirdness observes.

Here’s an easy tip: If your elected representative is sitting elbow to elbow with someone, just turn it off & watch reruns.
Now he’s texting me. I will go two rounds max and then cut it off.
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