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This week’s Feedback Friday topic is:
Covid, Omicron, Maryland Hospitals
With the new omicron variant of Covid-19 rapidly spreading throughout the U.S. and our state, suddenly hospitalizations are rising quickly…again. The U.S. death toll directly attributed to Covid-19 is rising…again. In fact, this week Maryland hospitals are already near-capacity with Covid-19 patients…again. This will complicate treatment for non-Covid patients, including emergency triage. This is a phenomenon being experienced world-wide. Which begs the following questions:
How seriously, or not, are you still taking the Covid-19 pandemic?
How has Covid-19 directly impacted your life?
Do you believe the health crisis is real or inflated perception driven by media?
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We asked you about Maryland Congressional Redistricting and you responded. Here is a sampling of reader responses. To read more, click here.
This is the state of our current political system, special interests, partisan politics, and gerrymandering seem to be the theme. Until every politician stops the pandering and self-interest motivated legislating, we will never be able to get back to a great nation again. The middle is where the real work gets done, which reflects common sense laws and policies that promote the most good for the most people. This extreme left and right stuff has to stop. The Senate’s redistricting maps should be thrown out and the governors maps should be adopted. Stacking the deck in either party's favor does not represent fair elections, and results in voter apathy and disparate treatment for the losing party's constituents.
Jason S., Pasadena
Given our geography, it is pretty hard to imagine boundaries that meet population and diversity mandates different than proposed. The boundaries will always be weird. And counties chopped up would put experienced current legislators at risk. The GOP have been masters at controlling favorable boundaries. Western Maryland had a Republican, Charles Mathias. The Eastern Shore has a representative that matches their conservative philosophy. The GOP needs to sell the public on their values if they want election. Carroll and Harford County are strong local conservative counties. The current configuration is fair despite Princeton. It matches local public interest, and a fair majority public voice representation.
Ellen Moyer, Annapolis
