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Wednesday, March 24th, 2021

Ohio GOP lawmakers are refusing to get vaccinated: ‘Basically, the whole COVID thing is bogus’

Author:     Travis Gettys
Source:     Raw Story
Publication Date:     March 22, 2021
 Link: Ohio GOP lawmakers are refusing to get vaccinated: ‘Basically, the whole COVID thing is bogus’
Stephan:   My view of these Ohio Republicans is that their existence is increasing the risk factor for society as a whole. They and those who think and act like them degrade our ability to control this virus. As I watch the politicization of a necessary medical intervention to get control of Covid-19, I am reminded of smallpox vaccination. If you were born before 1972 you have on one of your arms, up near your shoulder, a little scar from your smallpox vaccination. Every child got a smallpox vaccination, and it was not political. At the school I went to as a little boy your mother was contacted and she showed proof of vaccination. You could not go to elementary school public and private without having been vaccinated.

Nearly a third of Ohio Republican legislators told a newspaper they would not get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Ohio Republican legislator who will not get vaccinated. Credit: Raw Story

The Dayton Daily News asked 16 representatives and five senators from the Miami Valley whether they would be vaccinated against the highly contagious coronavirus, and 11 said yes but six said no, while another four declined to answer or didn’t respond.

“I don’t trust the vaccine,” said state Rep. Bill Dean (R-Xenia), who doesn’t plan to be vaccinated. “Basically, the whole COVID thing is bogus. I think it’s real, like the flu, but it’s not a pandemic.”Tired of ads? Want to support our progressive journalism? Click to learn more.

State Rep. Nino Vitale (R-Urbana) a notorious anti-masker and coronavirus conspiracy theorist, would not tell the newspaper whether he would get the vaccine, but he doesn’t sound like he will.

“I’ve never vaccinated any of my kids,” Vitale said.

Nearly 1 million people in Ohio have been infected by the coronavirus, which led to more than 51,800 hospitalizations and […]

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4 Comments

  1. sam crespi on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 10:57 am

    Am betting that some are being vaccinated, but remaining silent about it. That way they can avoid any backlash from the press and the GOP.

    • Rev. Dean on Wednesday, March 24, 2021 at 1:02 pm

      I totally agree with you again, Sam.

  2. Will on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 6:59 am

    Today’s NYT opinion page has a column entitled “Taxpayer Help Fund Drug Company Profits” is worth a read. The illness-profit industry even as it provides a service is planning for increased profits in the future. Vaccine prices, purchased by the feds at $10-$19.50, are planned to increase to $150-$175 per dose according to Pfizer’s CFO after the pandemic. Then of course who could deny them a bit of profit for their government funded innovation? So many disasters hitting the collective at all levels it is so very sad that some see it as an opportunity to maximize profits.

    • Stephan Schwartz on Thursday, March 25, 2021 at 9:59 pm

      Will —
      When you are trapped in a fire and are about to burn alive, your best move is not to get into a bargaining argument with a man holding a hose and knowing a way out. Yes, illness profit is the functioning value of healthcare in the U.S. and, yes, this entire pandemic should have been handled differently. By this Fall I think the universal healthcare issue is going to become dispositive.