Debra Riffle

2021-08-06T09:42:21-05:00

Commented " I take handwashing more seriously. I make sure to beef up my immune system with Vitamins C, D and Zinc. I do things that make sense. I did take the vaccination. 97% of hospitalized patients due to Coronavirus are unvaccinated. I don't believe masks work, so I won't do that."

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Has the Delta variant made you more cautious?

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Debra Riffle

2021-08-04T08:07:37-05:00

Commented "Our level of new cases does not warrant the drastic measures that we allowed spring of 2020. The 14 days to stop the spread is now day 506. If we allow this again, who knows when it would end. As low as the new daily positives are, we should start seeing a fall in total active cases very soon. "

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Would you go to a business that requires you to show proof of vaccination?

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Debra Riffle

2021-07-29T09:24:25-05:00

Commented "We've been down this road. This variant has a very low death rate. I have very little faith in our government. They flip flop on every point on how to handle the virus. Boone Co. has a high vaccination rate. Death rate recent weeks here is zero. Government needs to step back on this. "

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Will you follow the CDC's new mask guidelines?

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Debra Riffle

2021-07-29T09:15:49-05:00

Commented "cases are up. What we aren't told is how many of these are asymptomatic, how many with very mild symptoms, and importantly, how many of these were fully vaccinated. No one is talking about new deaths in Columbia and County, because there haven't been any recent ones here. "

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Should Columbia and Boone County reimpose mask mandates in response to the new CDC guidance?

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Debra Riffle

2021-07-27T09:30:23-05:00

Commented "According to the Boone County Missouri Covid 19 Info. Hub, numbers of daily positive cases are down. 10 new positive cases were reported yesterday. 24 the day before, 28 on the 24th of July, 65 on the 23rd, 79 on the 22nd. There have no Covid deaths in Boone Co. since July 6. "

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Should masks be mandated in more public places?

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Debra Riffle

2021-07-13T08:16:01-05:00

Commented "science tells us that young children are are a very low risk of hospitalization or serious effects from a Covid. We have no idea what the effects of having a child breath through layers of fibrous materials are. "

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Should students under 12 years old have to wear masks indoors at summer school?

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Debra Riffle

2021-06-30T09:21:04-05:00

Commented "how about using the statue as a teaching moment? Trying to erase the visual reminders of our actual past changes nothing. I see this as another example of one group trying to control the narrative to silence people who don't see things the same way. "

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Should Congress remove Confederate statues from the Capitol?

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Debra Riffle

2021-06-23T08:17:47-05:00

Commented " One death in Boone County in recent weeks is why I don't believe it's time to worry. I would be reconsidering vaccination, if I had not already done so. "

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How do you feel about Missouri leading the nation in new coronavirus cases?

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Debra Riffle

2021-05-12T07:49:08-05:00

Commented "Everywhere you look are help wanted signs Everywhere you go employees that are on the job are explaining why the service is so slow. The explanation is the same: too many places are short of staff."

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Should Missouri stop paying federal benefits to unemployed workers?

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Debra Riffle

2021-05-10T07:52:22-05:00

Commented "It would be impossible to get a nation, divided as ours is, to agree on the size of a postage stamp, much less on who deserves to have a day of recognition. Rush Limbaugh was the voice for many who felt shut out of main stream media. He deserves to be recognized in this way."

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Should the Missouri legislature establish Rush Limbaugh Day?

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