Thread by @samstein

If you read one piece today, make it @natashakorecki’s dispatch from the Lake of the Ozarks, where vaccines are shunned, masks are mocked, and the long-term consequences take a back seat to the good time at hand.

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@natashakorecki there is so much in here, it’s hard to know what to choose. The artwork alone is worth the click

@natashakorecki "Two bartenders floated in and out of the conversation, dropping comments like “what’s Covid?” to laughter. Just recently, a beloved cook at the restaurant had died from the virus."

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@natashakorecki This part of the story stopped me cold. just remarkably grim but also very illustrative of the forces at play here.

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@natashakorecki So what would it take to get people at the Lake of the Ozarks to get the vaccine?

A $1 million check? — No

A plea from mom? — No

Encouragement from Trump? — No

A requirement for entrance to the state fair to see Gabriel “Fluffy” Iglesias? — yes!

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