Thread by @ashtonpittman

As @jallen1985 points out, this article is incorrect in asserting that @tatereeves has embraced natural herd immunity as a COVID solution.

Quoting Tate Reeves last July: "Herd immunity is not anything like a realistic solution in the short or mid-term. I wish it was."

https://twitter.com/thenation/status/1445056126937149440

A more accurate way to describe Gov. Reeves' approach to the pandemic since vaccines became available is "every man/woman/child/school district for themselves!"

Essentially: Get vaccinated, don't get COVID, if you do, don't blame the gov; blame yourself.
mississippifreepress.org/15063/gov-reev…

The result of the governor passing the buck & centering "personal responsibility," though, has been a shirking of social responsibility resulting in hospital failures & many, many more avoidable deaths (not to mention more permanent health issues).
mississippifreepress.org/15565/multiple…

The difference between Reeves and govs like DeSantis is obvious in how each handled masks in schools.

Both refused to mandate masks in schools this year. But @tatereeves didn't ban schools from implementing their own mask mandates.

DeSantis did & punished schools who disobeyed.

Thanks to @jallen1985 for pointing this out.

https://twitter.com/jallen1985/status/1445366409517699085