South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has taken to social medai to defend a post she made some say makes light of the COVID-19 situation in the state. The post is a video of her saying her social distancing is hunting and after shooting a rooster calls for “less COVID more hunting.” MSNBC's Rachel Maddow responded to the tweet that South Dakota just set a record for number of people hospitalzed, new cases and overall active cases. Governor Noem responded telling her to stop spreading fear and that only 8 percent of South Dakota's hospital beds are occupied.
This is how we do social distancing in South Dakota. pic.twitter.com/AjegUsKHhv
— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) September 23, 2020
"South Dakota has just set new records in the number of people hospitalized, new cases, and overall active cases.
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 24, 2020
With a 36% spike in COVID-19 hospitalizations in the last week, the state now has the highest per-capita rate of hospitalizations in the US."https://t.co/8HjrD9Squ5 https://t.co/auc2o34dt7
Stop spreading fear.
— Governor Kristi Noem (@govkristinoem) September 24, 2020
Only 8% of South Dakota's hospital beds are occupied by COVID patients. We have and will continue to manage our resources to care for the people who need help.
The people of South Dakota have accomplished this WITHOUT draconian lockdowns. #FactsNotFear https://t.co/VIUPmMPaSm
South Dakota = purple
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) September 24, 2020
USA = gray
Source: CDC https://t.co/vshxfLP0HE https://t.co/SPqp63KJLz pic.twitter.com/fZv7lA46JC
