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

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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