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Trump flaunted CDC guidelines for COVID- led thousands, if not millions of his supporters to cavlier behaviors spreading infection- some died. Then when their recklessness at the WH causes an inevitable cluster- got state of the art treatment the regular public can't access.
2. The coddling of Trump, the Trump family, Republican politicians at both the fed and state level- all of that- must stop after this.

It can't continue w/o enablers like the presidential debate commission.

No masks/social distancing- no service

And people who are high risks
3. who are attending large rallies and in congregating and not masking, etc- these people are high risk. They should not be allowed to come into spaces with other people until they have quarantined after their last risky behavior. Stop making it easy for them to endanger innocent
4. people. Lives are on the line! If you are at the grocery store, the person in line behind you and how they are conducting their behaviors affect your probability to get this virus. Same for cashiers. Thus, having 40% of the country running around acting like there is no virus
5. is a massive risk for those of us trying to protect ourselves and our families. As @harrisonjaime just pointed out- @LindseyGrahamSC is one of these high-risk individuals. He is exposing himself to COVID deniers who are not masking and congregating and thus, its a matter of
6. when, not if, @LindseyGrahamSC gets covid. And how many innocent people will he infect in the process? Will any die. If you infect someone but did everything you could to avoid getting sick and passing it on, I assume you still feel terrible. When you infect someone and they
7. die bc you refuse to believe in science, you refuse to do what is right for your community, family, for neighbors, your co-workers, your employees, your friends, at least the ones trying to avoid getting sick then in my view if they get infected and die- you killed them. How
8. can anyone want that on their conscious? Literally, everyone involved in this "covid denialism" movement are getting people killed- bc voters trust their political leaders (from their own party) and when someone you trust, like the President you support is telling you there is
9. nothing to worry about, that wearing a mask is for the weak, that you should live your life back to normal, you believe them. So yes, Trump, these right-wing media figures, and GOP pols have been getting people killed. And when a debate commission allows them to not wear masks
10. they are enabling it. So let's be sure that we put an end to the enabling bullshit.

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