March 8, 2021 6:37 AM
Morning Reads for Monday, March 8, 2020 {Crossover Edition}
Happy Crossover Day in the Georgia General Assembly. We are officially to the point in session where nothing else can be dropped in the hopper (with any chance of getting out this session) and the House and Senate begin to work on the other’s legislation. We have been promised a very full and very long day. You can watch here.
- Teachers, staff now eligible to get COVID-19 vaccine in Georgia
- Standard or daylight? Georgia lawmakers disagree
- Georgia ranked below national average on overall health scores
- Can you get the COVID vaccine in Georgia now?
- 102 hate crimes occurred in Georgia in 2019, the FBI reports
- Texas-like power meltdown not likely in Georgia
- Invasive zebra mussels discovered in Georgia pet store purchases
- Georgia Craft Beer Day supports local businesses
- 12-year-old genius from Marietta, Ga., accepted to Georgia Tech
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It is not a new week without the monday morning reader.
It looks like Marjorie Taylor Greene is making herself even more isolated. Not the brightest bulb in the room.
“It appears that some U.S. House Republicans are fed up with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s tactics.
Hoping to slow down measures for transgender rights and coronavirus relief, the Rome Republican has moved for the House to adjourn several times in the last few weeks. The procedural moves have created a series of unscheduled floor votes, forcing even her GOP colleagues to miss constituent meetings and committee work.
Her adjournment proposals have no chance of passing, and The Hill reports that more and more “irritated” Republicans are voting against them.
Greene responded on Twitter: “I didn’t get voted into office by politicians, I serve The People. It’s unfortunate that some of my GOP colleagues, who have been in Congress a lot longer than me, don’t share the outrage that Republican voters feel about the Democrat’s radical agenda!”
https://www.ajc.com/politics/politics-blog/the-jolt-gop-voting-bills-take-power-from-locals-brad-raffensperger-give-to-lawmakers/JG5L6VDWZBGB7IERYL6UZC66UU/
That’s radical socialist[/i] agenda, Marjorie. Try to keep up.
socialist
I need an editor.
We all need an editor at times.
It would be nice to have an edit function on the site.
58. A Pirate’s Favorite Letter and More “Cats” in Georgia is a podcast episode. It deals with the “Silk Stocking Strangler” case in Columbus GA. The second part of the show covers what is at the bottom of Lake Lanier.
I’m failing to understand how the developmentally disabled or say, a 25-year-old spouse of a teacher qualify for the vaccine over a 64-year-old that is physically disabled with respiratory illnesses for what is primarily a respiratory disease.
Our governor has let politics override science at almost every turn during the Covid crisis. This is yet another example.
I didn’t listen to the story, and thus don’t really know, but I am guessing, at least as far as the developmentally disabled individuals are concerned, that it’s about the fact that many have institutionalized care facilities. Many of that subpopulation have regular employment, but many may also attend treatment or training programs during the day, some with some level of attendant medical care. For those, while the level of care, functions, and hours are different from a nursing home, their remains an element of institutional care.
As for spouses of teachers, that just sounds like a way to assuage teachers, who also work in institutions/facilities. But I think you’re right, that there should be equal priority for 50-65 year-olds with certain risk factors. We all gotta hang in there!
Yeah, of course patience is a requirement and by the way, my angst is not for myself. Both my wife and I qualified due to age in the 1A+ group and both of us have received both shots. I have a neighbor though that had lung cancer that is now in remission and COPD. I have been running around on her behalf for medications, groceries, and the all important toilet paper since the inception of this crisis as contracting the virus would likely prove to be fatal for her. Originally her tier group was up next and now the governor threw out that plan as an appeasement to the conservatives clamoring for a 100% return to the classrooms. I know the teachers need it but what is more urgent? Getting kids into a physical classroom or human lives?
I don’t begrudge anyone getting the vaccine, but it just seems appropriate to address those with the highest risk of dying first. This governor has blown with the political winds from the beginning of this crisis, initially following the lead of a clueless demagogue who stated that shutdowns should be relaxed, he did, and then was rebuked by Dear Leader for doing so. Georgia’s COVID-19 rate spiked after that premature relaxation that was based on politics, not science. This is just one example, and now we are getting more of the same decision-making with the vaccine distribution.
Just came across this article which has some details about the variations among states’ priorities in vaccine distribution.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/how-america-s-vaccine-system-makes-people-with-health-problems-fight-for-a-place-in-line/ar-BB1epzDC?ocid=msedgntp