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irisblue

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3. Or gop legislators who think AA people are getting covid because of poor hygine
Mon Feb 1, 2021, 07:02 PM
Feb 2021

No I did not make that up.
source-https://apnews.com/article/health-ohio-coronavirus-pandemic-0dd121777081707b4c061ed8e4649df6

snip -COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A Republican lawmaker and doctor who questioned whether members of “the colored population” were disproportionately contracting the coronavirus because of their hygiene is drawing new criticism from Black lawmakers after his appointment to lead the state Senate Health Committee.

“Could it just be that African Americans – or the colored population — do not wash their hands as well as other groups? Or wear masks? Or do not socially distance themselves?” state Sen. Stephen Huffman asked a Black health expert in June 11 testimony. “Could that just be the explanation of why there’s a higher incidence."


snip-"Huffman, of Tipp City, was appointed last week by Senate President Matt Huffman, his cousin, to chair the committee even after he was fired from his job as a Dayton-area emergency room physician for his comments."

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