the question, will he run, is is unfortunately a relevant one and it s one we need to grapple with. but what is an even more important question is why is he being allowed to make that choice? this is somebody who incited an insurrection against our country. and i understand. i understand that president biden is responsible for the current response to covid. but we need to be really clear that the reason we re in this position right now is because governors, like desantis and abbott who seem to have absolutely no concern about their constituents. why is he even being allowed to run if, indeed, he does? based on your knowledge of him and and your you re a trained psychologist. i m wondering what you make just of the hold that he continues to have over the vast majority of republicans in this country? and how much of that relates
i mean, as i say, this country was born in trauma. we in the genocide by white settlers of the native american population. and the genocide and enslavement of the african population. and we ve never dealt with that trauma. so it s been passed down from generation to generation. and then, in the last four years, we have dealt with an onslaught of attacks against immigrants, against people of color, against women, against american democracy. so, here we are. and honestly, one of the most diabolical things donald did in the last four years was divide this country at a time when we most needed to be united. and that s when covid started. and it s going to take a very, very long time to recover from that as we see because people who follow him are making it almost impossible for us to get ahold of covid, to get a handle on it. to overcome it. and the violence and the
reporter: vera middleton was so sick doctors considered putting her on a ventilator. she refused opting instead to pray. i praise him from now. reporter: she is getting everything but the ventilator and improving. the 66-year-old great grandmother from a small town, she says she and her husband talked about getting vaccinated but decided against it. do you have any idea where you got covid? yes. my granddaughter had gotten sick and just went through everybody. reporter: kentucky seeing its biggest covid-19 surge yet. cases and hospitalizations spiking sharply to levels never seen before. deaths, too, on the rise. hospitals everywhere just trying to keep up. it s defeating to put another person on the ventilator.
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others about, you know, their child shouldn t wear a mask. i understand the whole personal freedom thing. i understand no one wants to wear a mask, all of that, but just on a logistics basis, if you want your child to stay in school in a classroom, it seems like masks just are the most obvious way to just it doesn t hurt it doesn t hurt it doesn t give kids covid. it is one thing that can prevent kids and prevent the logistical nightmare of having things shut down. well, so i would certainly agree with you with that. we also have the additional layer of we just had a phone call today with a parent who has a child who s old enough to be vaccinated and the parent is very upset that their child is going to have to quarantine. the solution for their child to not have to quarantine is to be vaccinated and then if the child has no symptoms, their day continues on. my son was exposed last week.