Roll the tape, Johnny. How it started....How it's going!

[Roland99]

How it's going:

‘COVID is real and it is very dangerous.’ Lawmaker details 8-month battle with virus, urges vaccinations
https://www.newschannel5.com/news/covid-is-real-and-it-is-very-dangerous-lawmaker-details-8-month-battle-with-virus-urges-vaccinations

“For 55 days, I was in an intensive care unit on a ventilator. Although ventilators save lives, the sobering reality is that the overwhelming majority of intubated Covid-19 patients do not survive,” Byrd said.

He described his bout with the virus by saying, “everything that can go wrong with Covid did,” adding that he continued to get sicker and sicker – eventually needing a liver transplant.

“Just when it seemed like I was improving, suddenly I wasn’t. My liver began to fail. I developed jaundice and was later diagnosed with Covid Cholangiopathy. I was told I would need a liver transplant or else I would die. Again, my family prepared for the worst,” he wrote.

Byrd says he received a new liver on June 12, and says, while he still has a long way to go, he’s getting stronger every day.

...

BUT WAIT! Here's how it started!

Last June, Byrd joined many of the House GOP caucus in approving a resolution that declared the news media “sensationalized the reporting on COVID-19 in the service of political agendas.”

[The Magistrate]

1. Your Graphic Is Most Apt, Sir

I think there is another angle to it.

One person experiences a difficulty and says 'I wouldn't want anyone else to go through that.'

One person experiences a difficulty and says 'Why should anybody have it easier than me?'

[WhiteTara]

7. the flip side of the coin

[HUAJIAO]

2. Conservatives destroy everything they touch.....

[ffr]

11. +1 If these born again QOP representatives want to make a difference, they should switch parties

Short of that, their words are near meaningless. Because if we know anything about a republican, as soon as it doesn't affect them, they'll go back to their mean spirited hurtful ways.

And nothing from them about how they're sorry to the healthcare workers for not listening to them, the science?

Fuck those turds! Worthless individuals!

[Probatim]

3. Your graphic is 100% fact - they lied because it was politically expedient.

When these guys got sick - they ran like hell and got the best care possible and probably at the expense of someone more deserving.

And neither one stated "you NEED to get vaccinated". Both provided wishy-washy comments about "everyone's circumstances are different" and "please consider getting vaccinated".

Byrd also stated "this is not an issue that should divide us" after months of dividing his constituents for months.

Pr*cks.

[wnylib]

10. When this is over enough that we can

have some semblance of normal life, we need to put these murderous politicians on trial for crimes against humanity. They are committing genocide.

[Celerity]

4. 10 quid says he still campaigns for this batshit crazy asshole in 2024:

Link to tweet

[czarjak]

12. Cornpone Queen

[rurallib]

15. "the Mind of a Conservative Woman" - Lord that must have been a very short book

[Celerity]

16. tiny too!

[Probatim]

17. Makes me think of when Homer Simpson was on a jury.

Bart was on trial and was imagining what everyone was thinking - he reached Homer and his thoughts were "meow meow meow meow meow meow" to the tune of the cat food commercial.

[Caliman73]

20. 10 pages with coloring and connect the dots.

No words, just pictures. They were going to do color by numbers, but thought it would be too difficult for her followers.

[dweller]

5. Must be an abundance

of available livers these days …
🤨

✌🏻

[Roland99]

6. Not as abundant as willful ignorance and criminal derangement

[frazzled]

9. Yeah, I was thinking ...

those things are usually pretty hard to get, and can take months or even years, if you even qualify for one.

[Traildogbob]

13. If all of

Tennessee drinks like college students at UT, maybe not. I was a sailer, while going to visit my Vols daughter for football games, damn sailers were reasonable drinkers. Livers will need to be shipped in. All the red states around Tenn won’t help much. Get the damn shot.

[Initech]

8. I believe the technical term for this is "fuck around and find out".

[Canoe52]

14. I'm totally out of fucks to give for these deniers of reality.

Let him go find his own liver and private surgical team to put it in and pay for it himself.

[liberalla]

18. That black and white graphic is perfect.

[Roland99]

21. Thanks. I don't like to generalize or stereotype but geeeez...they just keep reinforcing it!

[liberalla]

23. Hey Roland - your graphic is needed in kpete's post! I think it matches the topic of

the linked article beautifully!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215702266

I have a lot of difficulty posting on this phone... just a suggestion!

[Upthevibe]

19. Kick....n/t

[Neema]

22. Deniers shouldn't get bumped to the top of

transplant lists. They should have to wait behind those who aren’t willfully ignorant.