Laugh at Sarah Palin all you want but there’s nothing funny about her role in dividing the US | Arwa Mahdawi

She may be in the news for running around New York with Covid, but it's worth remembering how she spread another sort of virus: rightwing populism

Help! I am writing from beleaguered New York City which, on top of dealing with giant rats, a nasty nor'easter, and the surreal swagger'"of a Bitcoin-obsessed mayor, is also battling a Palinvasion. Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, has spent the past week running around the city eating at multiple fancy restaurants despite the fact that she has tested positive for Covid-19. Palin, who isn't vaccinated and has said it'll be over my dead body that I'll have to get a shot," has now become something of a public health hazard: New Yorkers are being told to go get themselves tested if they've been anywhere near her.

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