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THEY ARE AT A STATEWIDE PEAK IN

TERMS OF ICU UTILIZATION AND THE

LIMITS ON THE BEDS AVAILABLE.

IN NEIGHBORING MISSISSIPPI, MY

GOD, DO THEY HAVE A SITUATION ON

THEIR HANDS RIGHT NOW.

I DON’T KNOW IF THIS HAS

RECEIVED A LOT OF NATIONAL

ATTENTION YET BUT THIS IS A

REMARKABLE SITUATION.

THE MISSISSIPPI STATE LEGISLATOR

IN ITS INFINITE WISDOM DECIDED

THEY WOULD HOLD A SEVERAL WEEKS

LONG LEGISLATIVE SESSION IN

PERSON OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS

AT THE STATE CAPITOL IN JACKSON.

AND DURING THAT WEEKS LONG

LEGISLATIVE SESSION LAWMAKERS

LARGELY REFUSED PUBLIC HEALTH

RECOMMENDATIONS TO WEAR MASKS

WHILE THEY WERE INSIDE THE

CAPITOL DOING THEIR LEGISLATIVE

WORK, SITTING IN HEARINGS,

CASTING VOTES AND ALL THE REST

OF IT.

NOW LOOK AT THE HEADLINES ON THE

CLARION LEDGER NEWSPAPER IN

MISSISSIPPI AS OF RIGHT NOW.

FIRST ONE HERE, OUTBREAK AT

MISSISSIPPI CAPITOL.

NUMBER OF INFECTED LAWMAKERS

GROWS TO 26.

26 STATE LEGISLATORS HAVE JUST

TESTED POSITIVE.

QUOTE, MANY POLITICIANS FLOUTED

RECOMMENDATIONS TO WEAR A MASK

INSIDE THE CAPITOL IN RECENT

WEEKS.

NOW ABOUT ONE IN SIX MISSISSIPPI

STATE LAWMAKERS HAVE TESTED

POSITIVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS.

QUOTE, THE NUMBER OF CORONAVIRUS

CASES LINKED TO THE OUTBREAK AT

THE CAPITOL HAS GROWN TO 36.

THAT INCLUDES 26 LEGISLATORS

ACCORDING TO THE STATE’S TOP

HEALTH OFFICIAL.

IT APPARENTLY ALSO DOES NOT

INCLUDE TESTS OF ALL LAWMAKERS,

SOME WHOM RETURNED TO THEIR

DISTRICT BEFORE THEY GOT TESTED

AT THE CAPITOL.

SO THE NUMBER MAY YET RISE.

THE LEGISLATORS KNOWN TO BE

INFECTED ALREADY INCLUDE THE

LEADER OF THE HOUSE IN

MISSISSIPPI, ALSO THE LEADER OF

THE SENATE IN MISSISSIPPI WHO’S

THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR.

HE OVERSEES THE SENATE AND ALSO

THE MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH

COMMITTEE.

THESE ARE ALL REPUBLICAN

LEGISLATORS.

NOW TONIGHT THE MISSISSIPPI

GOVERNOR ALSO A REPUBLICAN HIS

NAME IS TATE REAVES, HE HAS HAD

TO DELIVER JUST A REMARKABLE

GENERAL WARNING TO THE GENERAL

POPULATION OF THE STATE OF

MISSISSIPPI.

WATCH.

>> IT IS MY OPINION THAT IF YOU

HAVE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANYONE

IN THE LEGISLATOR OR IF YOU HAVE

BEEN IN CONTACT WITH ANY STAFF

PERSON THAT WORKS AT THE

LEGISLATOR YOU NEED TO GET

TESTED.

>> IF YOU HAVE HAD THE

MISFORTUNE OF HAVING ANY CONTACT

WITH THE MISSISSIPPI STATE

LEGISLATOR YOU NEED TO GET

YOURSELF A CORONAVIRUS TEST.

AND WHEN THAT IS GOING ON WITH

THE STATEHOUSE AND THE STATE

SENATE AND THE LIEUTENANT

GOVERNOR AND THE STATE HEALTH

DIRECTOR IN MISSISSIPPI IS NOW

BASICALLY SAYING I DON’T CARE

WHAT LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS YOU

GUYS STILL HAVE TO DO YOU HAVE

TO GET OUT OF HERE.

YOU HAVE CREATED A GIGANTIC

OUTBREAK IN THE STATE CAPITOL,

LITERALLY IN THE STATE CAPITOL

BUILDING.

WHEN THAT’S GOING ON IN YOUR

STATE CAPITOL IT IS PERHAPS NOT

SURPRISING THIS IS NOW AS OF

TONIGHT THE OTHER MAIN HEADLINE

AT THE CLARION LEDGER NEWSPAPER

RIGHT NOW.

QUOTE, GOVERNOR TATE REEVES SAYS

MORE RESTRICTIONS ARE COMING,

POSSIBLY A MASKED MANDATE.

MISSISSIPPI IN PART BECAUSE

THEIR ENTIRE POLITICAL CLASS HAS

JUST BEEN INFLICTED ALL AT ONCE

IN PART BECAUSE THEY NEGLECTED

TO FOLLOW PUBLIC HEALTH GUIDANCE

ABOUT WEARING MASKS MISSISSIPPI