Oh ye of little faith. Sen. Ron “just-asking-questions” Johnson (R-WI) is outraged that these high-and-mighty scientists think they can just go around making something that prevents deadly sickness instead of just leaving it to the Almighty.
During an interview with local radio host Vicki McKenna on Monday, RonJohn reiterated some of the same anti-vaxxer rhetoric he’s been not-so-subtly adopting for months now, but this time he brought God into the mix.
While seemingly suggesting he has no idea how asymptomatic COVID-19 cases work, the Wisconsin senator also went after the science community, questioning the basis for vaccine development and asking why experts “assume that our natural immunity is going to be awful” or “non-existent.”
“Why do we assume that the body’s natural immune system isn’t the marvel that it really is?” he asked. He then moved into more chaotic realms.
“Why do we think that we can create something better than God in terms of combating disease?” the GOP senator fumed. “There are certain things we have to do, but we have made just so many assumptions and it’s all pointed toward everybody getting a vaccine.”
The problem with Johnson’s logic is obvious. It doesn’t account for people who aren’t him. COVID is, of course, a lethal virus, most threatening to the most vulnerable among us — cancer patients, the elderly, the immunocompromised, anyone with an underlying condition.
Johnson’s been spewing conspiracy theories and pseudoscience about the vaccine for some time, mostly centered around his clearly ongoing belief that he doesn’t need to get vaccinated because he already had COVID.
Earlier this year he suggested the shot wasn’t safe because it hadn’t yet been fully approved by the FDA. (That line of reasoning no longer works — it now has full approval.) He’s also firmly in the camp of folks who think the federal government’s inoculation push is all part of some master plan to control Americans’ lives, guised as a public health effort. He was one of the early voices in support of, essentially, letting the virus run rampant across the country in order to develop herd immunity — which was then considered a dangerous approach to public health when so many people were dying from the disease.
I can understand why he’d lie to continue his silly game, but if he truly believes this it means he really is a fucking idiot.
Because the good lord helps those most who help themselves.
Trust me when I say he’ll have plenty of time to wonder when he’s removed from his seat in the Senate in the next session. The voters in WI have had enough of him.
I maintain that the only poll that matters is the one where the votes are counted and certified, but this guy is underwater.
Why should we build houses with central heat when God gave us caves and fire?
Looks like they’ve all taken on water.