‘Republican lawmakers in Montana doubled down. They passed the nation’s most extreme anti-vaccination law. Not even nurses in a cancer ward could be required to get the shots. This is a story about what can happen when politics trump public health. ’ https://www.propublica.org/article/montana-covid-response-pushed-hospital-to-brink
New legislator and antivaxxer, Rep. Jennifer Carlson, mother of five with a biomedical science degree and elected 2020had not previously been an antvaxxer...childhood vaccinations.
But one child, she recalled, had suffered a severe reaction. Soon after she took office, Carlson introduced legislation that she said she got help drafting from the leader of a popular Facebook group, Montanans for Vaccine Choice. Her legislation gave the unvaccinated standing as a “protected class,” making it illegal to discriminate against them.
No employers could require vaccinations of any kind. The language covered all vaccines, including measles, mumps and other standard childhood vaccinations. There were no exemptions for people working at hospitals.
Medi Hassan: "At the start of the pandemic, Montana fared better than average when it came to Covid deaths per capita. Then, a Republican became governor [Greg Gianforte] , safety measures were pushed aside and hospitals were pushed to the brink. A local nurse, Vicky Rae Byrd, joins Mehdi to discuss this preventable American tragedy.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo-Eiy2Xx_0
People who get covid and survive aren't necessarily "well" - I have 3 female relatives who got it: one age 73 died of a heart attack after becoming walker-dependent, one age 75 now uses a cane, one age 58 uses a walker.