More correctly, they understand Covid tradeoffs for themselves.
“Senate Democrats, some of whom have decried their G.O.P. colleagues’ lenient attitude toward masking, have adopted an unofficial ‘Don’t Test, Don’t Tell,’ protocol of late, particularly as they endeavor to pass the historic Inflation Reduction Act this weekend,” a senior Senate aide told Puck News. “They’re not going to delay it if a member has gotten COVID… Counterparts are saying they’re not going to test anymore. It’s not an official mandate but we all know we’re not letting COVID get in the way. The deal is happening. Less testing, just wear masks and get it done.”
This is from Matt Margolis, “Democrats Nix COVID Precautions to Ensure Vote on Spending Bill in Senate,” PJ Media, August 6, 2022.
I’ve found that Margolis’s title writer sometimes overstates but this one appears to be accurate.
We opponents of lockdowns and compulsory masking over the last 2.5 years have consistently pointed out that there are tradeoffs: even if the lockdowns and masking requirements that many people want would be effective, they will have costs. The Senate Democrats understand that. They are willing to throw caution to the wind, giving up their own Covid conventions so they can raise our taxes, spend money on green pork, and shelter even high income people from paying for health insurance.
Tradeoffs for me but not for thee.
READER COMMENTS
Thomas Lee Hutcheson
Aug 8 2022 at 10:34am
I think that with today’s levels of vaccination and prior infection, self isolation on testing positive has few benefits to others. (And I hope the Capitol is pretty well ventilated.) So testing positive would be no reason not to show up for an important meeting, like voting on a bill in the Senate. Masking the same but the costs are low, too.
Michael
Aug 8 2022 at 1:39pm
If they have a testing policy that they are violating, this is a problem.
Ken P
Aug 8 2022 at 2:21pm
Yes, a reasonable tradeoff but for the past two and a half years they have refused to acknowledge any tradeoffs are valid.
Thomas Lee Hutcheson
Aug 9 2022 at 10:35pm
They? Congress does not make pandemic response policy.
Monte
Aug 11 2022 at 11:24am
Yes. We can all rest assured that the CDC has acted independently with regard to public health policy and that all decisions have been made autonomously and without government approval.
Pete Smoot
Aug 9 2022 at 9:57am
News flash: Congress wants rules for other people but not themselves.
This would be shocking if it weren’t so typical. I’m especially reminded of my senator, Dianne Feinstein, supporting robust domestic surveillance yet being shocked that her phone was monitored.
Sometimes our legislators have all the self-awareness and retrospection of a Golden Retriever.
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