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Eugene

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Wed Jan 12, 2022, 02:14 PM Jan 2022

Kristi Noem Still Doesn't Understand How COVID and Vaccines Work [View all]

Source: Daily Beast

Kristi Noem Still Doesn’t Understand How COVID and Vaccines Work

Michael Daly
Wed, January 12, 2022, 2:22 AM

Halfway into robotically reading her hour-long State of the State speech off teleprompters, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem promised “to protect the people’s right to a medical or religious exemption from COVID vaccines.”

She then raised her hand with the index finger extended to emphasize some particular idiocy.

“We will also recognize natural immunity,” she said.

The majority of the state legislators applauded, indicating they are not only Republicans but also foolish enough to endorse her fiction that people who have had COVID-19 do not need to be vaccinated.

A leading research bioinformatician at the Yale School of Public Health terms such thinking “irresponsible.”

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Read more: https://news.yahoo.com/kristi-noem-still-doesn-t-062223431.html

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