Gov. Reeves: Mississippians 'Less Scared' of COVID Due to 'Belief In Eternal Life'

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Mississippi has now surpassed the state of New York, the nation’s original pandemic hotspot, in total COVID-19 deaths per capita.

Gov. Reeves: Mississippians 'Less Scared' of COVID Due to 'Belief In Eternal Life'
Mississippi has now surpassed the state of New York, the nation’s original pandemic hotspot, in total COVID-19 deaths per capita. The only state where the pandemic has proven deadlier than the...
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1:18 AM · Aug 29, 2021

https://www.mississippifreepress.org/15321/mississippi-passes-nys-covid-death-rate-as-gov-reeves-says-mississippians-a-little-less-scared/

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After Mississippi became the world’s No. 1 hotspot for COVID-19, Gov. Tate Reeves told attendees at a Republican Party fundraiser in Memphis, Tenn., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2021, that Mississippians “are a little less scared” of COVID-19 than other Americans because most share Christian beliefs (about 70% of all Americans identify as Christian).

“When you believe in eternal life—when you believe that living on this earth is but a blip on the screen, then you don’t have to be so scared of things,” Bill Dries reported the governor saying in the Daily Memphian. The governor said Mississippians should still do their part to help alleviate the COVID-19 crisis, though.

Reeves made those comments Thursday—the day after the Mississippi State Department of Health confirmed the sixth COVID death of a child in the state on Aug. 25, 2021. Two teenagers have also died of COVID-19 since July 25, 2021, including 14-year-old Mkayla Robinson, who had begun 8th grade at a mask-optional school just eight days before dying within hours of being diagnosed.

The day before Robinson’s death, the governor rejected calls for a statewide mask mandate in public schools; he also downplayed the virus’ effect on children as akin to “the sniffles” in most cases, saying child deaths were rare. But he struggled to remember that the state’s child death toll at the time was four.

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[Chautauquas]

1. What a moron

too bad people like him are in positions of power.

[dalton99a]

2. The opium of the masses.

[Irish_Dem]

6. I was just going to post the same thing.

[peppertree]

71. Or in this case, the opium of the asses

I lived there for a number of years.

It's hard to overstate how asinine and brainwashed the Republicans down there are - thought not so others, some of whom are the smartest people I've met but, sadly, have almost no say.

[viva la]

3. It's just idiotic. Even if you believe in God, it's a stretch to think he gave you life --

only to have you throw it away by refusing to do the sensible thing.

"Mississippians aren't afraid of overdosing on opiates, because they believe in eternal life."

"Mississippians let everyone drive drunk, because they believe in eternal life."

"Mississippians don't feel bad when their loved ones die in agony, because they believe in eternal life."

I'd like to see him really explain that idiotic position.

[dawg]

4. I believe in eternal life, too. But ...

I'm in no hurry to move on to the next plane.

[Turbineguy]

5. Great!

ISIS-K is looking for suicide bombers.

[PA Democrat]

7. If true, Mississippi hospitals should not be overflowing with COVID cases, right Gov Reeves?

[2naSalit]

10. +1

[temporary311]

12. They should also have the lowest

firearm ownership rates in the country.

[NickB79]

16. Beat our swords into plowshares like Jesus said?

Naah, we need GUNS!

[efhmc]

24. Old testament stuff. Isiah not Jesus.

[intheflow]

31. While I support the spirit of this post unequivically,

I need to point out Jesus never said diddly-squat about "sword to plowshares." That phase is strictly from the Jewish Tanakh, or Old Testament. It appears in Isaiah and Micah. The reverse, "plowshares into swords," appears in Joel.

Cheers!

ITF
former minister, amateur etymologist, and general pain in the ass.

[lindysalsagal]

55. Thankyou.

Hypocrites.

[world wide wally]

67. Exactly what I was going to say.

Why do they need guns when God is protecting them from everything?

[Wingus Dingus]

8. Ha ha ha ha haha ha

If that were true they would all just drop dead instead of rushing to hospitals to be saved. Fucking clown.

[XanaDUer2]

9. what a strange thing to say

maybe a sick person will die of covid, and not believe in eternal life. Truly, this is a very disturbing thing for a leader to say. Public health has nothing to do with religious beliefs

[PA Democrat]

28. Last month Reeves called mask-wearing INDOORS "foolish" and "harmful"

Reeves, a Republican, has been steadfastly against a statewide mask mandate, and in late July he called the idea of wearing masks inside “foolish” and “harmful.”

“It reeks of political panic so as to appear they are in control,” Reeves said during an outdoor speech. “It has nothing — let me say that again — it has nothing to do with rational science. In Mississippi, we believe in freedom.”

https://news.yahoo.com/mississippi-covid-surge-hospitals-thomas-dobbs-tate-reeves-masks-vaccines-214112289.html

How's that "freedom" working out for your state's citizens, Gov? Last week 22 hospitals in the state had ZERO ICU beds and heart and brain surgeries were being canceled due to the deluge of Covid cases.

Watch out DeSantis, Reeves is closing in on you for worst governor in the nation.

[Ocelot II]

11. If they believe in eternal life, why do they need so many guns?

[Silent3]

43. That, and why be afraid if an Afghan refugee wants to move into your neighborhood?

But that's asking for consistency rather than desperate rationalization, which is obviously too much to ask for.

[treestar]

66. +1

Why be afraid of terrorists, too? Repeal the Patriot Act!

[Tomconroy]

13. The whole quote is given on a different thread. It changes the context quite a bit.

[kcr]

54. Why not explain it here since you bring it up?

I'm curious as to what context could possibly change the meaning of that sentence.

[Tomconroy]

56. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100215795489

[aeromanKC]

14. Hence, the reason religion was created.

[NickB79]

15. As a lapsed Christian myself, I believe there's a special place in Hell

For these "Christians" who infect and kill others around them due to their laziness and arrogance.

[hatrack]

17. Tate Reeves makes me believe in Eternal Stupidity

Fucking Bible-beating moron.

You elected this clown? What is WRONG with y'all, Mississippi?

[maxrandb]

18. Religion is what keeps the poor from eating the rich

[Progressive Jones]

74. Smartest thing I've heard today ! nt

[BlueIdaho]

19. If you are so excited about the afterlife

Stop clogging up our hospitals.

[Irish_Dem]

26. Exactly. They can go to their church and lie in the pews there.

[sanatanadharma]

20. Living on this earth is but a blip on the screen so think more about your eternity...

These believers, wherever they be, won't be meditative yogis blissfully watching their last breath.
No, they will be scared shit-less, gasping for breath, fearing God's eternity.

If living on this earth is but a blip on the screen, they need think more about eternity in hell for failing to be humane.
It is not the image and likeness of God to be selfish, stupid, petty, cruel, and wrong.

[Mariana]

21. Sure, that's why they're jamming up the hospitals

demanding everything be done to save their lives. That's why they're begging and pleading for prayers, for God to heal them.

Lying jackass. If they're not scared, it's only because they've been told it's no threat. Once they get it, and reality sets in, they aren't staying their asses at home to die in peace. They aren't requesting DNR's and insisting on palliative care only. They're fucking scared!

[Vinca]

22. So why don't they all off themselves now and spare the rest of us from catching a Covid

variant because they're stupid, selfish wingnuts?

[Moostache]

23. Fine...but STOP with the machismo bullshit...

Being vaccinated, wearing masks and social distancing are not fearful actions, they are things everyone needs to be doing to stop the transmission of a very real respiratory virus. It has NOTHING to do with fear or courage. In fact Tate (the most blatantly 21st century asshole name IMO)...it has exactly the same amount to do with fear that the Civil War had to do with 'northern aggression'.

You do not want to follow medical advice?
OK...instead of the ER, I suspect you will be directly all COVID-19 patients to the nearest warehouse of worship, where they will pray away the 'vid.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

70. They can worship in ice cold warehouses so their bodies won't fill the morgues,

and the refrigerated trucks can be put to a useful purpose, like transporting ice cream for families where the adults and eligible children are vaccinated.

[underpants]

25. If I lived in Mississippi I wouldn't fear death either

Sorry just a little state to state joking. I’ve never been to Mississippi so I can’t know what I’m missing.

[struggle4progress]

53. Ain't afraid to go to hell when I die cuz I already been to Mississippi!

[Chainfire]

27. Governor, I hate to tell you, life is short, but it is death that is eternal.

Many Southern governors have a knack for getting things ass-backwards.

[Javaman]

29. Death cult nt

[hatrack]

33. Bingo. The whole End Times/Rapture bullshit cornucopia . . .

Death and suffering for everyone except them, the chosen ones.

[alterfurz]

30. Mississippi Goddam

The GOP-MS Trifecta = morons, traitors, sociopaths

[Xavier Breath]

32. Easy to say but a little harder to put into daily practice.

Oh, No! Dad's having a heart attack. Someone call 911!

Hold on just one second, little missy. Dad believes in the afterlife, so just put the phone down.
You just lie there and clutch your chest, Dad! Good news, you're gonna see Jesus soon!

[Dan]

68. Hahahahaha

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

34. Okay Gov. put your money where your mouth is.

Take a leap from the highest building in Mississippi. If what you say is true God will save you.

[ProfessorGAC]

35. And, If He Hits The Ground...

...at 80mph, it won't matter because eternal life or something.
He doesn't even need to be saved. He'll just get to heaven sooner! Win win!

[gulliver]

36. Some Republicans seem to think it's ok to send other people to "eternal life"

Whether the Republicans go themselves is beside the point. The question has never been whether they deserve the right to risk their own life. It's whether they get to kill other people by risking their own life.

And Republican leaders know this. They want to make it all about the right to take personal risks when it's not about that. It's about creating hazards for others and letting COVID-19 continue to thrive.

[sarcasmo]

37. Believe in the sky being you don't need the vaccine.

[Oneironaut]

38. This is an example where religious delusion hurts.

I hate to break it to people, but, you have one life. That’s it. You’re not going to get another one. It’s also not ok to be okay with other people dying because “they’ll just go to heaven too.” This is delusional, crazy, pro-death thinking that’s borderline sociopathic.

[ismnotwasm]

39. That's bullshit

Christians struggling for each breath, or dealing with the pain of a bowel obstruction, or fighting GVHD after a stem cell transplant, or any number of frightening, debilitating conditions are just as scared as everyone else.

[moondust]

40. No wonder MS has 2000 fewer nurses

than it had on January 1.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/25/us/mississippi-covid-nurse-strain/index.html

[dalton99a]

41. Reeves is afraid of Covid and doesn't believe in God

[Windy City Charlie]

42. That's fine, but

When you get sick, don't be going to the hospital.....head straight to church instead.

[struggle4progress]

44. Mississippi likes sending people to eternity!

Gun death rate in Mississippi topped the nation in 2018

Mississippi has now surpassed the state of New York, the nation’s original pandemic hotspot, in total COVID-19 deaths per capita. The only state where the pandemic has proven deadlier than the Magnolia State is New Jersey

Mississippi's longevity is the lowest in the United States at 74.6 years. Mississippi men live the shortest lives on average of 71.4 years. Mississippi is the most obese state, with 40.8% of adults being obese. Unsurprisingly, nine of the ten most obese states are also on the list of the ten states with the shortest life spans. In general, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, and Arkansas are considered the least-healthy states, with high rates of obesity, excessive drinking, cancer, and heart disease, and low-quality health care.

[struggle4progress]

45. Fearless devout Mississipians demonstrating their deep faith in eternal life

[hatrack]

50. I think they're Missourians . . .

But yeah the fearlessness just leaps off the video.

Different state, same fearlessness.

[struggle4progress]

52. Let's just say I awarded them honorary Mississippian status

[RussBLib]

46. I love that side-eye Reeves is getting in that photo

as in, "No, no, you didn't just say that, did you? You pandering jackass."

[struggle4progress]

47. Mississippi shows faith in eternal life by closing state health department offices

August 29, 2021

Due to the impending weather threat from Hurricane Ida, all MSDH central and county offices, clinics and WIC centers will be closed Monday, August 30th.

All COVID-19 testing and vaccination sites statewide will also be closed Monday, August 30th.

https://msdh.ms.gov/msdhsite/_static/23,23610,341.html

[struggle4progress]

48. Fearless Mississippians pack hospital beds to show deep religious faith

Mississippi hospitals are overrun with Covid-19 patients

[Iggo]

49. Gov. Reeves: Religion makes us stupid.

[malaise]

51. I dare someone to ask him when he did his last medical

Does he use any medicine?

[Maru Kitteh]

57. May his "blip" be over very, very soon. nt

[Eugene]

58. The GQP death cult has everything but the Kool-Aid drills.

[llashram]

59. but, but

while they are waiting for eternal life AFTER contracting this deadly virus, how many others shall they murder-kill-infect unto death? I hope there is a special place of eternal damnation/pain/suffering for these ignorant, ignorant people.

[Marcuse]

60. Tate Reeves' performance evaluation

[The Unmitigated Gall]

61. They're gonna need...

Bigger refrigerated Rapture Trucks.

Or else there’s going to be Rapture Piles
In the streets.

[El Mimbreno]

62. The score

Middle-eastern mythology: 1
Science: 0

[TrogL]

63. Aw crap, they're Immanentizing the Eschaton

They're trying to bring on the Rapture.

It's nothing new. The British tried it with the Balfour Declaration and look how that ended up.

[louis-t]

64. If a few hundred thousand more republicans die

I'm ok with that. I just wish they would stop infecting innocents. Yeah, I'm in a bad mood today.

[treestar]

65. Wouldn't that make them less scared of all other causes of death?

Some of which they have been vaccinated for?

[Evolve Dammit]

69. "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" (WWII) quote. Jesus gave up and bought bitcoin.

[BootinUp]

72. Carousel. Why run runner?

[Zambero]

73. Let's hear it for Early Death!

Let's get that Eternal Life thing going ASAP!