I’ll remember today.
His instinct to lie needlessly cost West Virginian lives today.
People who do not know West Virginia have some peculiar notions. I’ve certainly read a great many ignorant comments about my home state (including on this site). I won’t try to set all that straight.
But West Virginia is not some hermit kingdom. It is a state with a population that skews particularly old, particularly poor, particularly uneducated. Three factors and their associated isolation and immobility (voluntary or not) that might have bought them a few extra days to get a grip on the reality of what was coming. Yes, combined with the fact that West Virginia isn’t a major port of entry or international travel hub oe winter travel destination, it could have bought a few days. But today he shit on that opportunity with his mouth. His inevitable embrace of ignorance.
Did you know West Virginia’s population is only about 1.8 million spread across 55 counties?
Did you know that 5 of West Virginia’s 6 largest cities (modest though they be) are in counties that border neighboring states, neighboring states (KY OH PA MD & VA) with confirmed cases?
Did you know about 60% of West Virginians live in a county bordering a neighboring state? That West Virginia’s two largest public universities, and major hospitals are in counties bordering neighboring states?
Did you know how commonplace it is for people in those border counties to cross the state line (both ways) for services both essential and nonessential? Into neighboring counties with confirmed cases such as Belmont (OH), Greene & Beaver (PA), Loudoun (VA), Frederick (MD). For many, it is a weekly or even daily routine.
Did shitmouth know or consider any of this?