GOP governor's Kristi Noem's Grandmother Died in Nursing Home Ravaged by COVID

[kpete]

On Monday, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem buried her grandmother, who was among 13 to die over a two-week period at a top-rated nursing home swept by COVID-19.



The 98-year-old grandmother, Aldys Arnold, is said by Noem’s office to have tested negative for the virus, though no cause of death was given. The other 12 of the 13 deaths between Nov. 14 and Nov. 28 at the Estelline Nursing Home are described by the administrator, Mike Ward, as “COVID-related.”

“All but one,” Ward told The Daily Beast.

But one less is still a dozen COVID deaths in a short period in one small facility. The number makes clear the lunacy of Noem’s downplaying of the pandemic and her continued refusal to impose a statewide mask mandate.

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/south-dakota-gov-kristi-noems-grandmother-died-in-nursing-home-ravaged-by-covid-19

[denbot]

1. Family values.

Yeah, right..

[Marcuse]

2. Death panels.

[jimfields33]

3. 98 is quite an achievement

Hopefully she died of natural causes.

[Kingofalldems]

6. Are you downplaying her death?

[BusyBeingBest]

4. Good job clearing out the nursing homes, you

piece of shit. I'm sure you really valued your grandma's life, right?

[dalton99a]

5. Noem: "Okay. When is the reading of the will?"

[malaise]

8. Ha - I was about to post just this

I even started singing Miriam Makeba's classic although this is grandma not husband - no time to dance

[dalton99a]

9. +1

[bluestarone]

7. If noem says no covid then

I'm betting Covid!

[Takket]

10. Alternate headline:

Irresponsible monster who plays politics with a pandemic helps kill grandmother she obviously did not love.