South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist Covid-19 'not real'

Re:South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist ... by throwaway0a5e on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:42PM (#25128632)

The states aren't run by stupid people. They're not gonna send in some state cops start shooting people over masks or to escalate in that direction. They don't have the manpower to enforce mask mandates without the consent of the governed. Their options for projecting power into areas where people have relatively homogeneously chosen to not comply are limited.

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Re:South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist ... by ryandrake on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @02:55PM (#25128818)

There are plenty of examples of unpopular rules successfully enforced, from school integration to the War On Drugs. The lack of mask/distancing enforcement is purely government cowardice and indifference. They could do it if they wanted to.

Publicly fire a few county bumpkin Sheriffs who refuse to enforce the mandates and you'd see an attitude change.

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Re:South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist ... by zests on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @04:20PM (#25130005)

So when people protest, are you going to break up the protests?

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Re:South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist ... by coding123 on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @05:07PM (#25130578)

That's the thing, in rural Oregon they protested the election, but they're definitely walking into grocery stores wearing the masks.

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Re:South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist ... by whammywon on Friday November 20, 2020 @02:33PM (#25163984)

AFAIK most (all?) sheriffs can't be fired. They're elected county officials, so maybe they could be impeached but I really don't think they can be just outright fired like that.

Also, I would imagine many of the sheriffs that refuse to enforce mandates probably have considerable support from their constituents. Surely that would make their impeachment a significantly more difficult ordeal for whatever agency is responsible for the impeachment proceedings.

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Re:South Dakota nurse says many dying patients still insist ... by tehwebguy on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @06:34PM (#25131333)

Do you think mask mandates are working in the other states due to enforcement? They aren't. People are just wearing them because they accept the seriousness and have a sense of the risk and their responsibility.

Some do it out of shame, others necessity (e.g. shop not letting you in without a mask) but nobody is afraid of being arrested for failing to wear a mask.

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