Palin: Wear Masks to Prevent Spread of Coronavirus

Since before her ascent to national politics during 2010’s Tea Party, South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem has been compared to former Alaska Governor and GOP vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin.

Such comparisons are unfair. Sarah Palin is smarter than Kristi Noem, at least when it comes to coronavirus:

Sarah Palin has tested positive for COVID-19, and she’s urging others to continue taking the pandemic seriously.

…”As confident as I’d like to be about my own health, and despite my joking that I’m blessed to constantly breathe in the most sterile (frozen!) air, my case is perhaps one of those that proves anyone can catch this,” she says….Palin tells PEOPLE that COVID-19 can “really knock you down,” encouraging everyone to remain vigilant about public health amid the ongoing pandemic.

“I strongly encourage everyone to use common sense to avoid spreading this and every other virus out there,” she says in her statement.

…”Through it all, I view wearing that cumbersome mask indoors in a crowd as not only allowing the newfound luxury of being incognito, but trust it’s better than doing nothing to slow the spread,” Palin says [Benjamin VanHoose and Tim McGovern, “Sarah Palin Reveals Covid Diagnosis and ‘Bizarre’ Symptoms, Urges Others to Continue Wearing Masks,” People, 2021.03.31].

Finally, something Sarah Palin and I can agree on.