Illogical Marjorie Taylor Greene's Comparison of the Holocaust to Wearing a Covid 19 Mask

 Nadene Goldfoot                                         

   

On the day she was sworn in as a congresswoman, Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) wears a mask bearing the false message that inspired the Capitol riot three days later. 

(Eric Scott / Pool Photo)  

Marjorie Taylor Greene (born May 27, 1974), also known by her initials MTG, is an American politician, businesswoman, and far-right conspiracy theorist serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 14th congressional district. A member of the Republican Party and a staunch supporter of Donald Trump, Greene was elected to Congress in November 2020 and sworn into office on January 3, 2021.   She's the daughter of Robert Taylor,   not the actor.  Her father, Robert D. Taylor, started Taylor Construction in 1969, and it became a leading vinyl siding contractor for multi-family housing,  He has passed away.             

The American Jewish Congress called on Greene to apologize and retract her comments, saying such comparisons demean the Holocaust and contaminate American political speech.  Republican lawmakers blasted Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., over the weekend for comparing the House's mask mandate to the Holocaust.  The Republicans who criticized Greene were among those who either voted to impeach President Donald Trump this year or, in addition, voted to strip Greene of her committee assignments.  In other words, they are Republicans that I can still admire.       

                           

  House Representives' Squad grows with Margorie Tayor Green adding herself.  Marjorie Taylor Greene, a QAnon supporter who is a new House member,  posted a Facebook picture on Thursday of herself holding a gun next to images of Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida Tlaib.

Marjorie Taylor Greene is Looney Tunes.  She is seriously saying that asking citizens to wear masks during COVID 19 is like telling Jews to wear the Star of David during World War II.  This Republican is turning a golden political party, the Republicans,  into a brassy one, and I'm a very angry Republican for her crazy behavior of teaming up with other ding-bats, the Q-Anon people! It this where you get your education?  Not only is she giving the Republicans a bad rap, but blondes as well, for she's the perfect example of a dumb blonde, as naive as all get-out, believing in everything that's not nailed down.  What a reputation.

 Perhaps government policy should have a requirement from Mental Health verifying that these people can think in a logical manner.  Nancy Pelosi is outraged!  Every single Republican should be outraged.   

Not only is their theory crazy, but she's showing she doesn't know a thing about the Holocaust and how it was that all Jews had to wear the star of David.  It was for a completely different reason.  She compares apples to oranges; maybe even apples to rockets!  It's completely different!!

Americans have been asked, not forced, to wear a mask if they were out of their homes and in any proximity to other people.  It was to protect their own life and to-G-d forbid, prevent the spread of the virus to others if they had it and didn't know it.  It's a method of life-saving at a time when people were dropping like flies-DEAD!  

If you had any respect for others, you would do this.  It's not such an imposition.  Wouldn't you do it to save your neighbor's life?  Doesn't the life of others mean anything to you?  This is a crisis.  Your government is doing other things to help save lives.  After all, they want to govern somebody after this crisis dissipates; not just each other.  And even at that, I've noticed that governmental officials, even Trump, was setting a very bad example of not wearing his mask in the company of others.  

I think the first thing schools should do when they get back to work is add another year of science onto their graduation requirements.  From what I've seen, people are being stupid.  They don't appear to understand what Dr. Fauci and others working for him understand, the life of viruses.  In this day and age of Biological Warfare, people need their brains to be updated.  

The Holocaust was a war against Jews and everyone else who wasn't a Nazi.  Jews were the main targets.  The targets were identified by the Nazis with a star of David on their clothing.  If they were caught and were identified as Jews by their neighbors, papers, etc,and were not wearing the star,  they would be killed on the spot no doubt.                                                                             

 The world has not been fair to Jews at all, even such a thing as being a citizen has been withheld from them in practically every country they have lived in since 70 CE when they were forced out of their own country of Judah, once called Israel. They would be considered as 2nd class or 3rd class people; people without rights.                                              

 Judah was the southern end, populated by the tribe of Judah.  Being a citizen in Germany at the time was a big deal to them.  They were careful.  They wore the star.  If they had known the horrors coming from the Nazis, they wouldn't have.  Who knew?  Who could guess how maniacal they would turn out to be?  They intended to kill every Jew they found in every country, and taken over much of Europe and were even into Casablanca.  The Middle East was getting ideas, and read the Nazi propaganda.  

It's not the same at all as wearing a mask.  We were all told to wear one.  it wasn't a form of identification.   It was a life-saver.  

Besides wearing a mask, we were also told to be 6 feet apart from another person.  Marjorie wouldn't understand, but it's because of the virus's ability to travel quite far.  6 feet apart should keep the virus from catching us.  Coming close to someone, putting their arm around you and whispering in your ear could be a death sentence.  Would you feel safe if someone did that to you?  That's complete recklessness.  I walk outside with a cane.  6 feet is the length of 2 canes.  That's farther than my ear can catch someone speaking.  It's tough, but that's life.  It's not forever unless you're my age or have been given the news from your doctor that you don't have long to live.  

Qanon has proven to most that they don't know what they are talking about.  They must have all flunked science and history.  Greene has supported disproven far-right conspiracy theories such as Pizzagate and QAnon, as well as other unevidenced conspiracy theories including false flag shootings and 9/11 conspiracy theories. Additionally, before running for Congress, she supported the execution of prominent Democratic politicians. Greene also supported Trump's efforts to overturn his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.

One of the newest members of Congress is under intense scrutiny from her own party following her promotion of conspiracy theories and inflammatory comments supporting violence against other lawmakers.  At least 67 House Democrats have signed on to a forthcoming resolution that calls for the expulsion of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., from Congress. Others are pushing to censure Greene, who won Georgia’s 14th congressional district seat in November in her first run for office. Democrats have also said they will force Greene off multiple committees this week, with or without the help of their Republican colleagues.               

Your country could have easily turned a blind eye, announced the virus was in town and that was that.  You live in the luckiest country of all that put their heads together and came up with vaccines to prevent catching the virus.  You have the RIGHT to these vaccines and they are FREE !  Good lord,  Marjorie Taylor Greene;  what's wrong with you?  What's wrong with your contituents who voted for you?  

                                                              

Your country is not acting like Nazis.  They are really acting like parents, expecting their children to have consideration for others that they have helped to convey as the United States of America with principals of freedom and justice for all.  They are not forcing you to take the vaccine, but giving it out to all, free of charge.  it's up to you, but to get to that herd safety line, more people really need to have taken it by now.  It's not too late, and some states are even offering bribes to those who bend and get vaccinated.  Seniors are most at risk.  Our bodies do not fight off germs and viruses alone like they used to, and certainly a really strong virus like COVID 19.  

Resource:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/05/22/rep-greene-slammed-comparing-house-covid-restrictions-holocaust/

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2021-05-23/ex-conspiracy-theorists-reveal-how-they-got-out-qanon/100153732

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Taylor_Greene

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/evil-lunacy-gop-lawmakers-slam-marjorie-taylor-greene-s-mask-n1268271

Deadly Diseases in Competition with Coronavirus (COVID-19) and Why

Nadene Goldfoot                                                   

Tuberculosis (TB) is a disease caused by bacteria called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Symptoms are a cough.  The bacteria usually attack the lungs, but they can also damage other parts of the body. TB spreads through the air when a person with TB of the lungs or throat coughs, sneezes, or talks.  Although tuberculosis is contagious, it's not easy to catch. You're much more likely to get tuberculosis from someone you live with or work with than from a stranger. Most people with active TB who've had appropriate drug treatment for at least two weeks are no longer contagious. My first husband and father of my children found he had TB when in high school in Lakewood, Washington.  He had to spend a year in a special sanitarium for TB which put him behind a year in graduating.  Being he had an IQ of 165, he was able to pick up the threads of studying and became a radiologist.  The illness thrust his interests into medicine, no doubt.  
 
                                                                         

Hepatitis B  A serious liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus that's easily preventable by a vaccine.

This disease is most commonly spread by exposure to infected body fluids.

Symptoms are variable and include yellowing of the eyes, abdominal pain, and dark urine. Some people, particularly children, don't experience any symptoms. In chronic cases, liver failure, cancer, or scarring can occur.

The condition often clears up on its own. Chronic cases need medication and possibly a liver transplant.                  

Pneumonia Pneumonia is an infection in your lungs caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites. You can become infected if you come in contact with someone who is sick. You can get pneumonia if you recently had surgery or needed a ventilator to help you breathe. Pneumonia can also be caused by accidentally inhaling saliva or small pieces of food.Infection that inflames air sacs in one or both lungs, which may fill with fluid.

With pneumonia, the air sacs may fill with fluid or pus. The infection can be life-threatening to anyone, but particularly to infants, children, and people over 65.

Symptoms include cough with phlegm or pus, fever, chills, and difficulty breathing.  Antibiotics can treat many forms of pneumonia. Some forms of pneumonia can be prevented by vaccines.  The physical reason  that coronavirus patients die is caused by pneumonia because the lungs have been contaminated by the virus. 

                                                     

Norovirus is a very contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea. Anyone can get infected and sick with norovirus. You can get norovirus from: Having direct contact with an infected person. Consuming contaminated food or water. You hear of people on cruises coming down with this disease because of the closeness of passengers.  It could have been transferred through the air conditioning.  The virus can be found in the stool of infected individuals as long as two weeks after recovery, as well as on contaminated surfaces for up to two weeks.  This is how scientists learn more about the world of viruses and how they must be fought compared to bacterium.  
                                                         

 
Sars  or Severe acute respiratory syndrome:  A contagious and sometimes fatal respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus.  SARS appeared in 2002 in China. It spread worldwide within a few months, though it was quickly contained. SARS is a virus transmitted through droplets that enter the air when someone with the disease coughs, sneezes, or talks. No known transmission has occurred since 2004.  Fever, dry cough, headache, muscle aches, and difficulty breathing are symptoms.  No treatment exists except supportive care.  Fewer than 1,000 cases in USA per year.  (SARS was first reported in Asia in February 2003. Over the next few months, the illness spread to more than two dozen countries in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia before the SARS global outbreak of 2003 was contained).   
                                                       

    
Swine Flu:       A human respiratory infection caused by an influenza strain that started in pigs.  Swine flu was first recognized in the 1919 pandemic and still circulates as a seasonal flu virus. Swine flu is caused by the H1N1 virus strain, which started in pigs.  Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, chills, and body aches.  Typical treatment includes rest, pain relievers, and fluids.  Dr. Faucci on Trump's team just commented tonight that this flu has now reappeared again.  It didn't even make the list below.  It contains the 2009 pandemic genes which is not a good sign.  The G4 virus kept showing up in pigs, year after year -- and even showed sharp increases in the swine population after 2016.  Further tests showed that G4 can infect humans by binding to our cells and receptors, and it can replicate quickly inside our airway cells. And though G4 holds H1N1 genes, people who have received seasonal flu vaccines won't have any immunity.  G4 already appears to have infected humans in China. In Hebei and Shandong provinces, both places with high pig numbers, more than 10% of swine workers on pig farms and 4.4% of the general population tested positive in a survey from 2016 to 2018.                                                                                     

Flu    Influenza (the flu) and COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus that's led to the current pandemic, are both infectious respiratory illnesses. Although the symptoms of COVID-19 and the flu can look similar, the two illnesses are caused by different viruses.  We are accustomed to getting our annual shot to prevent getting the flu every year.  We we were not aware that this other deadly flu virus was lurking to get as many as it could, creating a pandemic.  There is no  vaccine for us against the COVID-19 as yet.  Life without that protection is shocking and many are in denial, doing things like refusing to wear masks, something people gladly did in 1918 with the first flu pandemic that was probably slightly altered from this one.

 COVID-19: Caused by one virus, the novel 2019 coronavirus, now called severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2, or SARS-CoV-2.  Flu: Caused by any of several different types and strains of influenza viruses.  
Both can be spread from person to person through droplets in the air from an infected person coughing, sneezing or talking.  A possible difference: COVID-19 might be spread through the airborne route .  Both can be spread by an infected person for several days before their symptoms appear.  Both cause fever, cough, body aches and fatigue; sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. The full list of symptoms of COVID-19 continues to evolve as more is learned about the illness.  Can be mild or severe, even fatal in rare cases.  Can result in pneumonia.

COVID-19: The first cases appeared in China in late 2019 and the first confirmed case in the United States appeared in January 2020.  Approximately 10,415,035 cases have been confirmed worldwide. There have been 2,682,897 cases in the U.S. as of June 30, 2020.*  Flu: The World Health Organization estimates that 1 billion people worldwide get the flu every year.  In the U.S., for Oct. 1, 2019 – Apr. 4, 2020, the CDC estimates that there were 39 million to 56 million cases of flu. (The CDC does not know the exact number because the flu is not a reportable disease in most parts of the U.S.)                                                                                

Whooping Cough  a childhood disease I had along with Measles, Mumps, etc.  A highly contagious respiratory tract infection that is easily preventable by vaccine.  This big cough starts out small with bacteria called Bordetella pertussis. Anyone exposed to the bacteria can get sick.  Whooping cough is particularly dangerous for infants.Besides a cough that sounds like "whoop," symptoms include a runny nose, nasal congestion, and sneezing.  Treatment includes antibiotics.  Born in 1934, there were no vaccines.  Most children came down with these childhood diseases.  With chicken pox, I was on my bed chasing down chickens, so I thought.  Today's children are protected.  
                                                    

Measles  A viral infection that's serious for small children but is easily preventable by a vaccine.  The disease spreads through the air by respiratory droplets produced from coughing or sneezing.  Measles symptoms don't appear until 10 to 14 days after exposure. They include cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever, and a red, blotchy skin rash.  There's no treatment to get rid of an established measles infection, but over-the-counter fever reducers or vitamin A may help with symptoms.  I had the measles as a child and had the 3 day measles as an adult while teaching.  There I was up at the blackboard and had broken out with those red spots all over again.  I got to go home.  It's very rare today in the USA, almost wiped out with less than 1,000 cases per year though it's highly contagious.  Some parents are afraid of any of the vaccines for childhood illnesses, fear of it causing more serious complications of other problems faced today.

                                                            

Typhoid fever  very rare in USA, less than 20,000 cases per year:  A bacterial disease spread through contaminated food and water or close contact.  Vaccines are recommended in areas where typhoid fever is common.  Symptoms include high fever, headache, belly pain, and either constipation or diarrhea.  Treatment includes antibiotics and fluids.  
                                                  

Cholera   is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae.  

Symptoms: Dehydration                                                          

Submitted by Data Driver Expert/Accountant Doug Offermann

Resource:  https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tuberculosis/symptoms-causes/syc-20351250

https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/coronavirus/coronavirus-disease-2019-vs-the-flu
https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2020/06/23/1921186117