1103: West Virginia shines in culture and vaccine distribution. @SalenaZito @DCExaminer @RealClearPolitics

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 5:18 a.m.

Image:  The Linsly Institute (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linsly_School) building in Wheeling, West Virginia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheeling,_West_Virginia) , which served as the state's first capitol building (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_capitols_in_the_United_States) from statehood in 1863 until March 28, 1870, when the capitol was transferred to Charleston, West Virginia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_West_Virginia)   Salena Zito:@SalenaZito @DCExaminer @RealClearPolitics; New York Post, CNN; Middle of Somewhere column; in re: Travelling down US 11 to Ranson, West Virginia.  Many DC escapees live there. The man topic there is covid: when will small businesses be allowed to  be fully functional? Note that 70% of presidential vote went to Trump; only Sen Joe Manchin is a Democrat. They want govt to be more competent.  WV has circumvented the national habit of using megastores for vaccine distribution; are using local pharmacies and small shops with which people are familiar and where they’re comfortable. Very effective distribution so far.  Energy was long WV’s history, especially coal; President Biden has spoken [disparagingly] of fossil fuels.  This will eventually hit PA, OH.   Fracking.  https://richmond.com/opinion/columnists/salena-zito-column-conservative-distress-goes-way-beyond-the-face-on-the-20-bill/article_b6b99000-0875-501b-803d-f383b58a01d0.html https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/conservative-distress-goes-way-beyond-the-face-on-the-20-bill (https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/conservative-distress-goes-way-beyond-the-face-on-the-20-bill&source=gmail-imap&ust=1612981446000000&usg=AOvVaw11ukpcAlv331gt_dP4eOOv) “Where we come from is who we are, but we choose every day who we become.”