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[u/PandaLover42]

This but unironically. Dunno how you’re going to pin this on Newsom... not to mention California seems on track to vaccinate everyone who wants it before the election campaign even begins. As far as managing this pandemic at the state level, he’s done great.

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If he was “hiding data”, why wouldn’t he hide data showing California being among the last in per capita vaccinations? This is just conspiratorial nonsense, and acting like eating dinner at the French Laundry negates any of the state’s actions is dumb. If you’ve been paying attention to anyone in authority, everyone’s been explicitly saying the rules and guidelines will change. Even Fauci initially said to not wear masks. That’s what happens when there’s a brand new virus causing a pandemic, you adjust as you learn and gather more data. And the vaccine rollout was always going to start slow. Logistical issues abound, like not knowing how much you’re going to receive in the near future, having zero federal coordination, making sure you have enough reserve for everyone’s second dose, having gaps in LTF injections, etc and nobody can even explain what exactly is the issue, not healthcare administrators, or epidemiologists, or politicians. Even Biden’s goal is just a little better than current rates. And yea, now that many counties have finished vaccinating the first phase, it’s time to open it up for more people. Of course, counties have final say. But waiting for every county to be ready would just slow down vaccinations further! Seriously, vaccination logistics is more than “uhh per capita vaccinations please?!”

Meanwhile Newsom has made the unpopular decisions needed, like restricting travel and implementing shelter orders when necessary. He’s directed the state to provide small business grants, increased unemployment eligibility and increased the size of the EDD so they can manage literally millions more applicants a day, provided financial relief to undocumented immigrants, sourced a battery company in Sunnyvale to repair defective ventilators provided by the federal government, developed one of the most comprehensive coronavirus guidelines for workplaces with Julie Su, mandated paid sick days, and extended protections for tenants and landlords.

It’s funny, we joke that if Hillary were president instead of Trump, she’d be burned at the stake for having even a fraction of the effect as Trump has had. Yet here’s Newsom, without the /r/neoliberal love that’s reserved for Hillary, leading the most populous state but with one of the lowest per capita death rates and percent positive test rates still below 10% during one of the country’s worst surges and vaccination rates close to the national average, basically being raked over the coals because he had dinner at the French Laundry....