‘General Hospital’: No Plans to Recast Steve Burton’s Role After Exit Over Vaccine Mandate
Despite actor Steve Burton‘s recent firing, ABC‘s General Hospital has no intention of recasting his character, Jason Morgan, according to Variety.
Burton, who has appeared on the daytime soap opera off and on since 1991, was let go following his refusal to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Burton was the second actor, following Ingo Rademacher, that refused to follow the show’s vaccine mandate, which went into effect on November 1, causing them both to be fired.
Rademacher’s character, Jax, who has appeared on the show since 1996, announced his exit in the November 22 episode. “I’m kind of on the outs with everyone in Port Charles right now,” said Jax before revealing he is leaving the fictional city for business reasons.
On the other hand, Burton featured in his last episode on November 19, when a tunnel on Cassadine Island collapsed on Jason, presumably killing him. This week’s episodes have seen the show’s other characters mourning Jason’s presumed death.
A week ago, Burton took to Instagram to reveal that he’d chosen to be fired rather than get vaccinated, claiming it was a matter of “personal freedom.” However, he did state that he would be open to returning to the soap in the future. “Maybe one day, if these mandates are lifted, I can return and finish my career as Jason Morgan,” he said. “That would be an honor.”
It certainly wouldn’t be the first time General Hospital has brought a character back from the dead. And, in the case of Jason, his body wasn’t actually seen on screen. “There was just a pile of rocks and beams. They had crews on site within an hour, and they had their scanning equipment there. They couldn’t pick up a heartbeat,” said Drew (Cameron Mathison), leaving open the possibility that Jason could still be alive.
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Having a hard time without Jason not sure I can keep watching with current plot lines. Hate watching Sam and Dante because they have zero chemistry in my opinion.
And Nina story is unwatchable as well.
Wow that was alot. Bring back Steve Burton as soon as mandates are over.
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Steve Burton has already had Covid and has natural immunity. A shot is not necessary. He is not placing anyone including himself in danger. Our bodies belong to no one but ourselves and no one has the right to force someone to have a shot. It is personal freedom and I have more respect for him.
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I 100% agree! My body, my choice. This is NOT a communist country...or is it? 😕
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"My body, my choice." So glad you agree with EACH PERSON's right to do what they feel is best with their own body... no matter what. 😉
And while individuals should have "CHOICE" over their own bodies, the companies they work for have a choice to employ them or not.
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What about the people you pass the virus to that die? Don’t think that would be their choice?
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According to Dr. Oz, there has been medicine that would’ve stopped 80% of all the deaths. They just never would give anybody medicine because it was so political.
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I’m so disappointed in. Dr. Oz. He’s full of it!
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I wouldn't trust my health to Dr. Oz if you paid me. the man is a quack.
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I mean.... Those people should be vaccinated no?
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So you support abortion? I applaud you. My body, my choice.
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There is no such thing as natural immunity for Covid, if you caught once, you can catch it again, he maybe fine, but if he passes it to someone who has a compromised immune system, that’s the problem, learn of what you speak
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A vaccinated person can still get and pass the virus. The only thing the vaccine does is lesson symptoms. What exactly do you think a vaccine does? It creates immunity but imitating the virus causing the immune system to create antibodies that will remember how to fight the virus in the future. The same thing happens when a person has already had the virus vaccinated or not. I see this everyday. I take care of these people everyday. Learn of what YOU speak.
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So let me just stop you dead in your tracks. I work with a nurse who tested positive for Covid, she had mild symptoms. Had antibodies didn’t believe she needed the vaccine. Then she got better went back to work as a Nurse Practitioner and got the virus again and this time she almost died. Double pneumonia, on a vent, doctors thought she wasn’t going to make it. 29 years old and now has developed two auto immune diseases that they have linked to Covid and she is in a rehabilitation center. Don’t play with this and stop spreading misinformation. This thing is deadly and affects everyone, I SAID EVERYONE differently! I’m in it EVERYDAY! Frontlines. No joke! This is not a case study or a friend of a friend, this is someone I touched and interacted with EVERY DAY! Learn of what YOU speak!
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How nice to see two people working in the medical industry fighting about a man made virus intending to tear us apart as a people and thin the herd!
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Learn of what you speak? The shot is the sameeeeee thing. Cmon now.
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Exactly!
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I think the rating will go down since letting Jason (Steve Burton) go. He has been the reason many people have watched for years me as one of them. I think you should recast him asap. Before your rating start dropping. The show isn’t going to be the same. No one should be forced to have a covid shot if they are against it. We have rights and that is forcing us to give up what we believe in. That is wrong.
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You mean dying hu
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Yes people should be mandated in getting vaccinated especially when they are around other actors and especially child actors.
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Agree with everything you wrote about shots and the best character on the GH besides Sonny is Jason Morgan aka Steve Burton! GH SHOULD RETHINK THIS SITUATION ASAP!!
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Yes..you have rights as does everyone else who does not want to get Covid. But...this is about the greater good...no longer about your individual rights. I hope airlines starts making it mandatory to be vaccinated before a domestic flight...that would put this to an end fast.
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So very sad that Jason is gone! He was a great part of the storyline !!
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Major mistake to lose him. They lost me as a viewer. He was the only character keeping me watching.
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So sorry too see Steve Burton leave the show, He was GREAT, but I understand why he did it. When did this country become a dictatorship country? We are a free country we as individuals should decide what we want to do with our own bodies. I hope Steve comes back soon, he will be missed.
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Guess you're pro-choice then right?
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I have to believe that GH is doing a great job with these moments of mourning for the cast. It's so hard to see him gone. I wish him well and hope that his dream comes true and he's able to finish his career as Jason Morgan in the future.
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If you can't get a shot during a epodemic then you need to leave FAST
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Jason Morgan IS GH! I have watched GH since day 1. I respect Steve ‘s right of choices. It is a major mistake on part of GH.
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In general if you have have had Covid you have built up natural antibodies against Covid. Why can't anyone test for this instead of having vaccine mandates?
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As it’s ABC’s choice to employ him or not. He obviously accepts their decision since he is open to coming back in the future and it won’t surprise me if he does
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It is not ABC...it was Disney who put the mandate on them. Why are so many people mad at a Soap because they were told to place a mandate. So you stop watching just to spite yourself? Makes no sense. Blame Disney, not GH.
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I have always disliked this Nina right from getgo. No acting abilities
A far cry fro last Nina
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These vaccine mandates should be illegal, a person’s freedom to choose should not be dismissed, how far could these mandates go what’s next, what if the next mandate is to not have any/more children, or something even more extreme for a curfew or, I could go on when do it stop, if it wasn’t in his contact when he signed on it shouldn’t be legal now. All the people criticizing Steve Burton’s decision haven’t have anything go against their beliefs that why they have so much to said.
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Brainwashed & brain dead!
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My body my choice seems to only count for abortions!
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So true! And that is willful intent on ending a life. We come across many viruses every year not just CoVid and unknowingly may pass it on to someone else who may die. Many people die from flu viruses too, are we killing them on purpose if we don’t get a flu vaccine? Oh I forgot, nothing like that exists anymore, only COVID.
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There is a long legal history of requiring vaccines for children to go to school. This is no different. FIRE ALL THE SCIENCE DENIERS!
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Kinda like my choice to keep watching GH...so Can't see any reason since Jason and Jax gone...and the train wreck of the story line with Carly and Sonny..that was making me sick at my stomach anyway.... I'm feel the same as Steve... my choice about having the shot...and HECK YES..YOUR RATINGS WILL DROP LIKE A HOT POTATO..LOL.
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Yep 2 of the best characters gone over something very personal and should be a choice for each and every person. BRING BACK JASON AND JAX ASAP OR RATINGS WILL TANK!
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I am so angry with GH . This is the dumbest reason to fire anyone. Without Jason and Jax it is worthless for me. Stupid move GH.
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Jason IS General Hospital. I've been watching since GH first came on the air. I am 70 now and don't think I can have the same interest in the show as I have in the past. Without Jason there is no show!
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these vaccines are better than nothing. like getting the flu shot, at least if you get sick then it won't be so bad. no one complains when babies get vaccinated after birth, no one complains hardly when kids have to get it to go to school. everyone is in an uproar over these? i don't get it.
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The Covid vaccine took a year to make. Most vaccines take 10 years. We have yet to find out long term effects or side effects. Not enough information. And personally, I don't trust the government. Just my opinion. I respect yours as well.
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They’ve been working on a SARS vaccine for many years. Covid is a form of SARS. And that’s why they were able to zone in on a vaccine for the Covid 19 strain in 1 year. It’s the false information that’s keeping people from getting vaccinated. People need to do their research
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You mean the false information that people who take the vaccine are dying more than unvaccinated people. Y'all just keep sniffin' that glue. The mandates are unconstitutional and meant to take away your freedoms. This tyrannical government is doing its best to tear us apart as a country and take away our God given rights.
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Bring Jason back
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It is his choice yes but it is his employers right to have the mandate in place. There are consequences for not following rules. I wish Steve well, however I have lost any respect for him because he would rather put himself and others in danger.
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He probably doesn't care if you respect him or not. His choice, not yours.
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I have not lost respect for him! It’s is his right not to be vaccinated! I think the writers need to be replaced!
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Follow the rules? This is supposed to be a free country. What if the government makes rules like you can’t wear the color pink, eat red meat, drink a glass of wine, eat McDonald’s, or say go to a church of your choice? What will you say then? Where do we as Americans draw the line?
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Yrie. If people don't stick together they will run this country the communist way
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I don't think they should. Just let Jason die, no one can replace him, they've already tried that. Why couldn't he have just taken the vaccine or at least had weekly tests.
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8ring Steve back. It is boring without him. He cannot be replaced.
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Not watching till they bring them back and I have watched for over 40 years.
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Good for you! Millions are sick of governmental control over our lives. Wear a mask or don't. Get the shot or don't. You are an adult in control of your body and only your body. The shot means nothing. After the 2nd shot it was already losing its benefit and Herr Biden wanted to demand 3rd shots. I have seen too many healthy, perfectly healthy people die even AFTER getting All shots. If it were a vaccine like claimed, no one would get it. THINK! TB, Smallpox etc. How many get their flu SHOT every year and still get it?? Hello people.
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Who cares if you don't watch the show! I don't care and I'm sure millions of others don't care either.
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GH should have kept Steve and Ingo even if it meant daily rapid testing. They are top quality actors. Termination seems like a violation of their rights. They bring redeeming qualities to the show that some of their co-stars are lacking.
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I want Jason back !!! Now
One of the best actors there Jacks to !!! ✌️💞
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I agree with Steve! It’s a matter of standing up for our freedom. The vaccine doesn’t work anyway. I know several people who have had the shot and still got Covid. My brother is one of them. It’s more effective to use the drugs that help cure it.
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One out of millions
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The vaccine helps by keeping you from dying from COVID if you get it. It keeps you from getting as sick from COVID than if you hadn’t been vaccinated. I know a few people who got vaccinated and still got COVID also but they didn’t get real sick or have to go to the ER.
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The shot doesn’t prevent Covid. It only lessens the symptoms and chance of death. There is also no cure.
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Ridiculous…. If you want the vaccine get the vaccine if you don’t want it don’t get it. If you were vaccinated you still can contract it, spread it, and carry it. Check it out.. cdc website. Won’t be watching anymore. Bye GH
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Argh! He’s had COVID and has the antibodies. That makes two of my favorite characters leaving the show. Please bring Ingo and Steve back. It’s been a year and a half and you implement a mandate now????
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Thy would welcome Steve in a heartbeat but I doubt Ingo would get the same treatment. Besides the vaccine hoopla Nancy Lee Grahn has it in for him because of the “politically incorrect” remark he made about trans people. I have watched since 68 but I’m done I was hanging on out of habit but writing SUCKS big time!
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Bring back Jason. All the other soap operas are not doing this. My family is all set to give up on General Hospital. It started when they decided to make Nina A love interest for Sonny . Get rid of Nina and bring back Jason.
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Wow not cool it is not gonna be the same I will stop watching it Super disappointed 😔
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I think everyone should get vaccinated, however I know it's a personal choice. I wish GH would just have an option for a weekly test for covid. that way we wouldn't have to loose Mr. Burton. they just got Drew back, shouldn't do another storyline so quick with another presumed dead. sonny just returned, then drew. give us a break with the same storyline!
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Not watching anymore. Have been watching show for 40 years. Two of the best characters fired. Bye
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Good for him standing up for what he believes in!
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Will really miss both Jason and Jax.
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So annoyed. He was one of my favorite characters on the show. So sick of this crap. Freedom of choice means exactly that. So what? I get the shot and then I’m at risk from the unvaccinated. Do you know how ridiculous that sounds? I cannot believe people fall for the nonsense they keep feeding us. Use some common sense. Either it works or it doesn’t. How many people died from the flu over the years? How many people got the flu shot and still died from the flu? Did you walk around accusing people who didn’t get the flu shot for their deaths? Or did you get one and then minded your own business about who did or didn’t choose to get it?
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Please bring back Jax and Jason!!! I’ve been watching for 50 years. Don’t want to stop now.
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Jason IS GH. They NEED to bring him back, show is NOT THE SAME without him. Nevermind the stupid mandate. We need Jason on the show, otherwise the viewers will fade. I have quit with all the other soaps and look forward to this one every day, but this is making me doubt it. Not happy at all. Too many unnecessary rules with this covid. We need to see some normality in our daily lives, not this.
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Show is gonna suck without Jason
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I’ve had it with GH! Steve had Covid as I also did. Natural immunity is real! It’s his body his choice. Also after over 50 years of watching I’m sick of them killing off great characters. It’s so redundant, so over all of it! By GH another longtime viewer saying goodbye.
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Of course---- she got a different variant. Covid is endemic at this stage. Some people have better immune systems and some people have immune systems that are better at fighting some diseases/conditions better than others. This kind of immunity has existed forever against many diseases. Now if you want to talk vaccination: the current vaccinations are not typical. They are piggybacking on gene therapy research used to treat some awful conditions. But gene therapy also causes problems. In fact in all medicine there are repercussions; sometimes you trade one problem for another. I take it back....in almost all medical situations you trade issues. In conclusion, no vaccine takes care of everyone and life is all about risks.
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I’m miss see Jason him and sunny is the best the show will be lost with out Jason please bring back Jason
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I won’t be watching General Hospital anymore at this point. I have been a loyal watcher for 42 years. This is very sad for me. I cannot watch a show that wants to take away the rights of Americans to choose for themselves. Good for Steve Burton for standing up and choosing what is right for him.
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PEOPLE LOVED JASON MORGAN.
THEY NEED TO HIRE STEVE
MORGAN BACK.
GAMES SHOULD NOT BE PLAYED WITH THIS LONG STANDING SOAP OPERA.
MANY PEOPLE ARE REALLY UPSET ABOUT THIS,...AND
WON'T REALLY CARE ABOUT WATCHING IT AS MUCH NOW.
PLEASE LET THEM DIG IN THE RUBBLE,...AND FIND HIM ALIVE.
KEEP GENERAL HOSPITAL FANS
HAPPY.
THANK YOU
VERY MUCH.
(Please bring him back to life).✌
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HE IS BOTH JASON AND STEVE.
HE IS A VERY BIG PART OF
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Quit YELLING
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Very Disappointing! Steve is the ONLY Jason and we just got him back a couple years ago! THIS REALLY stinks! Makes me so SAD!!
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Cmon Jason, get the damn shot. My son won't get it either for same reasons and his job is on line too. You have disappointed a lot of viewers. Shows not the same.
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He had covid in Aug so he has natural immunity. I wish these politicians would stay out of it and realize actual science.
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I love Jason and is a main reason I watch GH. I love Steve and is why I watched Y&R while he was on the show. I would rather have a Jason any Jason because I love the character. For all those saying Our bodies are ours and We have a right to do what we want with our bodies welcome to the Pro Choice Club. Our bodies are ours in EVERY WAY not just what pleases others. I love it! Keep shouting our body our choice!!!
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I so agree! Plus she can’t help it but she’s homely and a bad actress!!!!
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I like Steve as Jason and agree it is his right to not take the vaccination. But it is also the right of General Hospital to fire him because of his refusing. What if everyone had refused the vaccine? How much faster do you think Covid would have spread and how many more people do you think would have died. It’s better to be vaccinated if it will only prevent even one person from catching Covid and dying from it. Also that said in the above post, having Covid once does not make you immune to catching it again or spreading it to others.
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I won’t be watching until Steve gets vaccinated or maybe he can get tested everyday Is this mandate for all actors in the industry? As much as I agree with being vaccinated- it should be a choice and they need another plan besides firing people who don’t want it
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I just don’t understand why they can’t request a different Jason for now and if Jay Jason doesn’t come back for real than this one here they would get used to it I would think. We need a Jason so please recast somebody that is close to what he looks like please and thank you
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The part of Jason Morgan, the kind-hearted, cold stone gangster, should be recast immediately before the hotness of his storyline is forgotten.
If he's not brought back shortly, then the character can never be brought back again, because the show's plot will not be believable.
Where could he have gone? Neither Peter nor Victor has him! If he fell in a hole, there was no heartbeat... But, if brought back immediately, he could have escaped through a maze--it is the Cassadine Island after all with many many secrets, and where one comes back from the dead over & over again!!!
Good Luck to you Steve Burton, you are a very good actor!
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I love Jason! I'm SAD to see him go, AGAIN! 😒 GH won't be the same without him. . BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!👎
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I think its ridiculous to decision GH made regarding vaccines. Steve had covid which means he probably built more antibodies than any vaccine could give him. But! If you have the magic Golden ticket that says yes, i did as told", you get to work?!?! Wth is wrong with everybody?!?!?!
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Crazy that’s when you got money you can just quit a job
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GH need better storyline
Bring back Jason and Jax
Get rid of Nina she and Sonny is a joke
Let Sonny and Carley be
The ratings are surely to drop
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The Vaccinated SPREAD it TOO !!!
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He had the right to refuse the vaccine, but the employer has the right to fire him for the greater good of the staff. He knew the consequences when he decided not to get the vaccine.
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Not sure I will continue watching without Jason. The story line of Nina and Sonny make me sick. Bring Jason back to replace Sonny and get rid of Nina!!! That’s my vote. I loved Carly and Jason together they had real chemistry. And Jax OMG he is Great to look at. I like Carly so if she can’t be with Jason let her have Jax!
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Let Steve and Ingo come back so we get the real General Hospital !
Two of the most greatest soap stars gone will make the ratings go down.
And if they find other soaps to go to, GH will be screwed!!!
I know a few people who are already not wanting to watch any more cause
“Jason is gone”!!
Come on people!
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Don’t want Nina and Sonny. Let her find someone else ty. Do like Dante But not sure who is Sam
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I think Steve Burton should be aloud to come back to Gh.The show is not right without him there.. I will probably stop watching GH without his character. HIM AND SONNY makes that show. Please allow him back..We need Jason on the show
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Removing both Jason and Jax from the cast is huge error.
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I will miss his character , they should let someone else play Jason until the real Jason comes back
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Totally agree with Steve. I won’t be watching anymore. GH has gotten too political. I will miss him and Sonny and Carly.
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I I am so sick of all the stupid state. You need to have a vaccine to work that is so stupid as a choice our body. We have our own body and choose to do what we want to do. I’ll body don’t belong to nobody but God only. I’ve been watching General Hospital so long I am so tired of the stupid political getting involved in everybody’s job. Stink God I did not vote for no freaking Democrat. Thank God I live in the republican state.
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Thy need to bring Jason’s character back with a substitute temporarily until the mask mandate is over and Steve Burton can return to the role of Jason Morgan. He is a vital part of the show!
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You can catch Covid more then once. Just because you have had Covid it does not make you immune.
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I'm not going to watch the show anymore JASON made general hospital. Sonny and Carly should be together, Sonny has lost JASON his Enforcer gh needs to get him back!!!!!
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Having had Covid does not prevent you from having it again so no one was protected. Does your personal freedom extend to the right to have an abortion? Just curious.
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ABC should listen to the fans. Bring back Jason so the romance with Britt can resume, stop the nonsense between Sonny and Nina. Sonny and Nina very painful to watch also why is Carlie so upset at Sonny when she married Jason and almost slept with him because she thought he was dead🤷♀️
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Shame on ABC for not allowing medical or religious exemption! I applaud Steve for standing up for his rights! And for choosing God given natural lifestyle. Miss the heck out of you though!
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Who ever wrote the story line for Sonny and Nina should be fired! I record General Hospital so that I can skip over any scenes of Sonny and Nina. They have NO chemistry together at all. Wasted storyline. Please bring Jason back he makes the show worth watching. Bad tough Guy with a big heart - excellent actor and I love him and Carly together. Now they have chemistry!!!
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I want him back please get the shot
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Yes they have, but many forms of the common cold are coronaviruses too and where are working vaccines for them? They may not kill people but they cost the working world a LOT of money in time lost. You do not know about medical research otherwise you would have recognized Kgertz's understanding of the process. Sorry, but we are still in 'guinea pig' stage. I took the first two vaccines, but will not do the booster. I did my 'time.'
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Sorry GH been watching you from your beginning so now I have a new mandate can't watch GH until Jason comes back how's that sound to you
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I've been a fan since 1980. Losing my 2 favorite stars over bad ABC/GH politics ...and lame story lines...is my opportunity to quit watching. I will look for them elsewhere.
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This is bull it shouldn’t be up to anyone else on this shit business I had the shot but that’s my choice I really thought that this was a free country our choice if we want this shot or not no one else’s bring Steve burton back
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With millions of undocumented pouring into our country unvaccinated shipped to all parts of our country how can this administration looking into our eyes with a straight face demanding something of citizens not required at our borders require vaccination??? Has this country gone crazy to allow this
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With out Jason Morgan and ONLY Steven Burton playing Jason the show is nothing. Just like if Sonny (Maurice Bernard) were to leave. I highly suggest you find a mutual agreement to bring Jason back or you will lose alot of viewers
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I know from talking with long time viewers that they are less likely to watch the soap without Burtons character as Jason.
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Steve Burton has had COVID. He could have effects from the virus later. So far no one has been having problems with the vaccine.....unless you are allergic to an ingredient used in it. Then you have a medical excuse. Burton apparently did not produce a medical excuse, so he took the religious route with it. He made HIS choice. He will be missed. Keep in mind, Disney placed the mandate, General Hospital and ABC were told they had to fire him.
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I'm upset that he left but I've been watching the show since it came on everyone else got vaccinated and it's for everyone's health and Steve is a health nut and it was to keep him employed you would think that he would say okay and saucer to protect his family I'm disappointed but I will continue to watch he left once before and broke my heart hopefully he will come back make the show but if he doesn't I will continue to watch faithful Watcher g h
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Really upset to see Steve Burton go! Like we just got him back! Seem like some kind of compromise could have been made.. like filming him at a distance from people.. there has to be a way! Him and Sonny is like a package deal! You need both for the show to feel and be complete! The writers made us fall in love with the the duo so seem like it’s only fair they should do everything they can to keep it that way! Especially now that we know the writers are about to break up Carly and Sonny! The show is just not going to be the same. I just think the writers are messing up. The Jason and Britt connection could have turned into a beautiful relationship. I think they could have made a good couple. Jason and Sam just don’t vibe anymore. Anyway, bring Jason back!
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That are forefathers who wrote our constitution are turning over in their graves. What happened to personal choice & the freedom to make decisions?
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I think people should boycott the show and stop watching it.
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I’m Piss off, I Just love Steven Burton’s.( Jason) He’s So Sexy! I’ve been watching GH for Years! I’m 52 Yea, I’m gone too! I’m sooo upset 😭😭 I guess I’ll have extra hour during the Day. He’s got a ton of Fans. GH Needs to get him Back!!
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Big mistake !!!! He’s a huge part of this soap I’m not interested in watching They need to stop controlling everyone with covid mandates he’s had the virus he has the antibodies. Move on ……
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I have been a fan of general hospital since I was 12 yrs old n when Jason came on the seen I never miss a episode. He is general hospital n for the fact that he is gone I will no longer watch the show. The characters are boring
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GH has no more then 5 or 6 that
has been on the show since the beginning. Carly
has be changed a few times. People that has already had covi19.t doesn't have to take the vaccine. And the vaccine doesn't
Keep People from having Covid let Jason
Come back. We want Jason and
Brit to get together.
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In what state are you referring because Newyork, mandates are in effect for healthcare workers private and public sector, including California and many of the major cities
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No one should be told you must be vaccinated. It is a choice and a disgrace that a career is threatened. GH is the best however w/o Jason it changes the whole dynamic , I won’t be watching
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Really sad he was a great part of the show
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I Love Jason and Jax! Bring them back this thing is absolutely ridiculous!
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Just not same without Jason. Hate carley and sonny split. This Nina is terrible. Bring back jason. Our freedom shouldn't effect our job.
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I think firing a person over not wanting to expose himself to a vaccine with potential to harm certain people a stupid move. Most everyone has lifted the mandate. Bring him back!
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I think it is crazy that they are not bringing Steve back to GH. He is what makes the soap interesting, and they are loosing a lot of viewers, my family and I have quit watching and won’t be watching as long as he is gone. Looks like GH would read the comments and know how the viewers feel about him. It is going to be a big mistake if they don’t bring him back or even recast him.
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The show is so boring since the character Jason has been killed off. I have really tried to continue watching but it is so lame
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So sad to see Jason go! Pls bring him back
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We want Steve Burton as Jason Morgan back on GH!!!!!!
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I can’t believe that GH hasn’t brought back Jason by now. Our family and friends quit watching the show when they let him go. Will never watch again until they bring him back. He is just a good actor and NO ONE could ever replace him. Come on GH get him back on the show ASAP. You are going to regret it because your ratings are going to drop big time.
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Stop the crazy and bring Steve Burton back as the one and only Jason. I miss the show and the characters but mostly I miss Jason. Bring Steve aback please.
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I've been watching General Hospital, for ever! Firing Jason and Jax for not getting vaccinated was wrong on many levels! And yes I'm vaccinated! But what good did all this radical thinking 🤔 do for us as a country, people are still getting sick with or without the shots! They took are freedom away, scared our children to death! Now we can't even watch our shows, with the people we love in them! Because everyone one needs to tell us what is good for us!! Shame on you!!
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When it is only your body yes but when you have a body growing inside your body no that is murder
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They need to bring back the other Nina that played that part.
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We need to sign a petition to bring Steve Burton back. General Hospital is not the same without him. I don't rush to my tv to watch General hospital anymore since he is not playing the part as Jason.
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Get rid of Nina as Sonny's girlfriend and get Carly and Sonny back together. And Steve Burton back as Jason. GH, is not the same without Steve Burton.
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I don't believe anyone should be forced into getting vaccine. What happened to freedom of choice. No one should lose their jobs over it.
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The country became a dictatorship with the stolen election of 2020 which was allowed to stand!
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steve burton should come back as jason. its a must!
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It's amazing to me that this has been political. It should have nothing to do with politics. It's a health issue! My brother died from Covid Dec 2020 & it didn't ask which party he belonged to. So "they" believe one person's (themselves) FREEDOM is more important than anyone else. My mother's family was split up to quarantine her brother with meningitis, along with their mom to take care of him. The rest had shots but still couldn't go back until everyone was cleared & he was better (some permanent damage).
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I believe that show has responsibility to keep the show safe..and Mr.Burton has his right too. But I wont forgive the writers for breaking up Jasam!!!and placed him with Carly and Britt..
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Bring Jason back!
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This would be the time to bring back Jason, to help Micheal !! I Would love to see Steve Burton’s return to GH 🤞🏼
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General hospital needs to get Steve Burton back as Jason!!!
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If they have their shots they'll be fine
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A shot
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General Hospital is very boring without Jason
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You can’t recast Steve burton as Jason. He is a main character and cannot be recast. You can bring him back like last time but no recasting that would be pitiful.
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Bring Jason back GH is boring with out right now Jason was it factor Nina boring all she bring is tear sick of her
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I think it's time to bring Jason back and finish victor casidine once and for all and help carly and sonny to get nina out of port charles
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Can’t nobody I mean nobody can play the role of Jason Morgan better than Steve Burton some have tried but failed that role is for Steve Burton and his alone so y’all need to stop this foolishness and bring him back or lose a lot of ratings behind a stupid decision people are in title to the belief and opinion it’s call freedom of choice and freedom of speech that’s the constitution rights to do………… Bring him back
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I will no longer be recording GH until Jason come back to the show
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I been general hospital from 1993 to now Jason is my main guy Sam and her new man not good couple and I think I’m done unless Jason come back 👎🏾👎🏾👎🏾
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I totally agree. Sam & Dante have no chemistry.
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Bring Jason and Jax back!!! You shouldn’t try to control people by mandating they put chemicals in their own bodies. It’s their choice not yours General Hospital!!!! I’ve been watching for a very long time ( forty plus years) and love the cast Don’t fire good people. Period.
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I have watched this show since I was 12- many years, but this isn't very good anymore.
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I don’t like General Hospital without Steve Burton, we want Jason Morgan back!!!
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I think without Steve people like myself will lose interest. In my opinion he made General Hospital fun. Like Luke did.
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The story lines going on right now are terrible. Losing Jason & the stuff going on sonny & Carly . Put them back together & don’t drag I out get rid of nena
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Jason a. Jax have to be part of the.carly saga. This soft sonny is not cool either sonny needs to take control Carly.
Need to be back home Brenda need to comes get all of them filled up
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I WANT STEVE BURTON BACK as JASON MORGAN.......ALSO YOU are changing things so much I have to check to see if I am watching GH. I don't like Sonny and Carly separated, they should stay together.get rid of Nina. IT DOES NOT EVEN FEEL LIKE GH ANYMORE... I will probably stop watching the show because it is not General Hospital ANYMORE.
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I love Steve burton but I wish they could bring back billy miller as Jason.. he did a great job being him just as Steve… but I know this would be a stretch
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I am protesting forced jabs by banning GH. That made me furious!
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I have no right to tell people what to do with their bodies, but I do have the right to tell GH execs and writers to bring back Jason's character ASAP.
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just like with the flu you build immunities against that strain only
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you've watched GH since day one you mean you've been watching since 1963 wow I wasn't born yet but that's dedication.
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I have been thinking I may stop watching unless they bring back Steve Burton. He is the best part of GH.
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Bring back Jason!!! The sooner the better. GH is better with Jason.
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Many people may love him but how can you respect someone who puts other peoples lives in danger he may have immunity but what about his cast mates guess he doesn’t care if they get sick because of him
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I agree on both sides on 1a vaccine doesn’t stop you from getting or passing it to people either it may stop the symptoms as bad but if you get even if you are vaccinated it n the person beside you isn’t vaccinated they will still get it n it will still be just as the vaccine doesn’t prevent spread or prevention of catching it so yes I do believe it should be your own choice if they choose not to have it it’s only gonna hurt their self if you do get it you can go 72 hours before even getting symptoms so people are still at risk🤷♀️
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No other actor can replace Steve Burton! GH has tried before and it was a joke!!
Just bring him back or wait until he can come back.
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lots of peeps are dying or being maimed after the jab. Steve, Ingo stick to your guns
Government has no place mandating jabs. It's not working anyway. What's really going on? HMMMM
Shame on you ABC
GH sucks without you guys.
Time for Sonny to move on from Carly Her whining is annoying
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Why couldn’t Steve be tested in the morning before filming
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If you get or don’t get an abortion it only affects you. Not getting vaccinated could affect anyone you come in contact with.
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I am praying that he will return. I love Jason on the show I pray he will Consider getting the vaccine. And return back.
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Steve Burton/Jason IS General Hospital. Sad that this is what we’ve come to, but I hope everyone comes to their senses and bring him back. The Nina storyline is pathetic at best!
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Bring back Jason Morgan Steve burton . I don’t like Finn and Liz together zero chemistry . I would like to see Anna and Finn back together again and with violet cute little family .
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With out Steve Burton it’s just not the same. I quit watching this
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Hope Steve comes back soon. Maybe they can write a story where comes back with Holly and Luke and they reveal what Victor Cassadines real plans are for Port Charles.
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It seems rather weird with no Jason for Carly right now! I can hardly stand watching it! Or no Jax! Eww. I really don’t understand Steve? He has had to get vaccines all his life! I’m sure he has taken drugs of some kind before! He didn’t know what was in those drugs! It’s kind of hypocritical not to take the vaccine! Unless you’ve never taken drugs and only Eat organic! It’s been a real show stopper!
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Now that I know why Steve Burton is no longer on General hospital I will no longer watch the show you can’t force a vaccine it’s not a law it’s a mandate and he should sue your sorry ass for firing him.
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It’s always about rights and freedom, otherwise our democracy is threatened.
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The Nina Character is Great. Especially in contrast to the Carly the Karen Character and the crying Olivia also a Karen character.
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Well today after new years eve air ... he must come back ... maybe different humane ... but back!!
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Glad ABC stuck to their guns and let both characters go. I loved Jason....but we need this virus to go and if that means mandating vaccines so be it. Pretty stupid move on Steve Burton's part. His career could possibly be over...only time will tell. Goes to show...no one is that important or above being fired...does not matter how popular they are. Kudos to General Hospital for doing the right thing.
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You misspoke when you indicated that fans were disgusted by Jennifer Hortons return to DOOL. Those that are in total lockstep and agreement with what she supports are not misguided. Do not put all fans into agreeing with the “woke’s” misguided and even dangerous views! Welcome back
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Guess Burton would rather put other members of the cast at risk. So be it.
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This is so stupid!!! Even if you are fully vaccinated you can still get/pass on covid. There's no 100% guarantee. Bring Jason back and keep him he is the heart of the show!!!!
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It is sad that we can’t make our own choices. Really sad that the far left voted Bidiot into office. Our country is going to hell in a hand basket. Glad Steve and Ingo stood up to what they believe!!! They are missed.
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His body his choice same as women my choice my body. I would love to see Britt knock character Carly out cold! Now that would be a story line. Sonny and Nina get together.
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OMG AND WTF!!! I have watched GH my whole life and this stinks. Come on with this virus. The vaccine doesn't really work anyway and Jason had the fr virus. ABC/Disney needs to wisen up!!!
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My opinion, not to recast the character is a big mistake. There are a few good storylines left open; the character is a major one; the disappointment of fans losing the character. They have recast and brought back from the dead many others not just in the past but recently. Oh Helena supposed to be a future one.
As a devoted (since the 60s) viewer/fan, I am sadden by the decision to fire Steve and not recast the character.
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I have been watching this soap for 50years but have stopped with the loss of Jax and Jason
.personal choice..daily testing.
But not ultimates and loss of jobs..shame on you..
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No more GH for me. I usually record it and watch it in the evening. I took it of my record list today.
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I think it is really disgusting of GH to fire people for a stupid mandate. They should have stood up to this socialist government.
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I think it stinks! Bring him back. Covid is on a sailing ship...vaccines out there for those that want it...many have had Covid so there's antibodies. This whole topic is meant to scare and bully the public and the world. Horrible! Stay off social media and do not watch most of the news. Live life, see people, read, talk, laugh; pretend we don't have social media.
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I think this sucks. No one should have to take a vaccine especially after they have had covid and got through it. I want Jason back.
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Damn shame no more GH for me !
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Big mistake. Most women who are the major watchers of GH adore Steve and Inga. It’s just so boring without these studs
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Not what this is about. When your choice can harm and potentially kill others your freedom has crossed a line.
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Both are correct. Steve Burton and Ingo Rademacher have a right not to get the vaccine and no one can make them take it. With that said, they are grown men and not little children. They can face the consequences of their decisions and in this case, the consequence is their jobs. The show is within its right to do whatever it deems necessary to protect the health of their cast and crew, several of which are clearly over 60 years old, some of whom are carrying extra weight, and others have health conditions unseen that compromise their health against COVID-19. The show also has the right to protect their finances because when people get Covid-19 on set, people have to go into quarantine, production shuts down, and that costs money.
No, vaccines are no guarantee people will not get Covid. And, it is no guarantee people will not die; however, it reduces the risk of contracting the disease, passing on the disease, and dying from the disease. It is a precaution. COVID-19 testing is an additional precaution. The two together work well and greatly reduce risk.
No one is guaranteed a job…not me and not them. It is quite silly to get upset or argue the right or wrong of the situation. No, Burton and Rademacher are not wrong. General Hospital isn’t wrong either. Time to just move on. Yes, some people will be upset enough to stop watching….that happens every time a favorite character leaves….and the show goes on… and it will.
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I am glad that he is gone and he deserves to lose his job if he refuses to get vaccinated. Same with Jax. Good riddance to both of them. Now only if Sonny, Carly, Michael and Josslyn would leave the show. I would be really happy!!!
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They should recast the role instead of blowing up the storyline. The writers already suck as it is, not knowing how to end a story arc.
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It is his choice. GH ratings already down and I hate to see it go but this will probably not help that. Fire Nancy Lee Grahn for slurring anybody that does not agree with her views.
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There is no other vaccine that we are forced to take! Not one! We should still have the opportunity to choose which ones we will take! Gif bless Steve Burton for standing up for his rights! General Hospital shame on you!
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And General Hospital has the right to fire science deniers.
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Sad to see our rights as Free Americans being challenged. I’ve hadCovid. I have the antibodies. I know people who have had both vaccines and have no antibodies when they got their booster. That is not a vaccine. A true vaccine causes immunity to a disease example polio, small pox that’s a true vaccine. What’s mandated is not a true vaccine. So I honor free choice. Steve Burton is a wonderful actor. Jason and Sam are awesome together. The Nina /Sonny storyline is awful I hate what they are doing to GH. I use to watch daily, now I might watch it once every two weeks. People really need to to start getting educated on all that’s going on and how much American government is involved.
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I have no plans to ever watch anything assosiated with such an antiAmerican program that takes away your free choice.. They could have him monitored without much effort instead of taking away his constitutional right.
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I stopped watching GH at the start of Covid. Hate the writing. Jason and Sam not together....couldn't bare to watch. It became emotionally exhausting. Over it.
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They need too get rid of Nancy Grahn can’t stand her
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Love Nancy and at least she spoke up against the transphobic post that was posted by Ingo and she also supports everyone getting vaccinated on the show which is something that all TV shows should do. Why should anyone have to work around people that are unvaccinated? I wouldn't. Shame on anyone who won't get vaccinated. Selfish and ignorant is what they are.
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I think people are selfish for not getting the vaccine. Steven burton Included i get none of us want to be told what to do and feel the mandate is infringing on our rights but do you want to possibly get sick or make a loved one sick? I know my answer.
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Are people selfish for not taking allergy medicine daily? If you need protection from allergies, take meds. If you do not need protection from allergies, do not take meds. Like the covid vaccine, “YOU” cannot be free of allergies if “I” do not take my allergy meds! Let each person decide for themselves. If you want to take the vaccine, that’s fine, you feel protected. If someone beside you does not take it and has covid, then that is their problem, not yours, because you have taken the vaccine.
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According to what we're being told, you will still catch it and I know a lot of them have caught it and worse after getting the shot! It's not working and it's putting some people who are allergic to some of the ingredients in it! My son and I can't get it or we can either get serious side affects or die from it! So this Mom and son are not getting it! Of you want to get it, fine, it will keep you from getting it, so don't harp on those who are not taking the vaccine!!
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Fine don't get vaccinated. Put everyone at risk. . I had just regained respect for Steve, before he showed how inconsiderate he is. Recast Jason. , I'm ok with that, because I have lost ALL RESPECT for Steve burton .
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Really GH writers ya'll know damn well ya'll can replace his character 🙄 😒
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Well just saying, we have been mandated to get vaccines before entering kindergarten. It is a state mandate to not drive while intoxicated, wear seat belts or no shoes no shirt no service.
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