if you are less likely to survive, you are less likely to get anything other than comfort care. idaho's republican governor, brad little, is now encouraging idaho residents to get vaccinated to try to save the hospitals in his state. as we have covered here on the show, though, in recent days, republican officials across the state seem to have had a real hard time coming to terms with what covid really is, what it really means, what it is really doing to their state. county commissioners in idaho's largest health district just this summer fired their longtime nationally recognized health director and instead replaced him with a local pathologist with no public health experience, who apparently is a real hero on infowars. he calls covid vaccinations, quote, needle rape. he says covid vaccinations must be stopped. he also says, you definitely shouldn't wear a mask, idaho. all you need is vitamin d and horse dewormer, and you're good to go. don't listen to all these people talking to you about the vaccine and the masks.