State rep, who downplayed virus, in ICU with COVID [View all]
A KY House member who in the past has raised doubts about the seriousness of the pandemic has been in intensive care with COVID for a week.
Rep. Thomas Huff (R-Shepherdsville) shared on social media that he was on “Day 6 in isolation in the ICU.” When asked, he confirmed that he had COVID-19.
Huff, elected in 2018, has commented in the past that even though he understood COVID was “nasty,” he didn’t believe it was as bad as reported. He has also attended meetings in Frankfort without a mask, raising concerns among others in the capitol as to who might have been exposed to the virus by him. And he recently co-sponsored a bill to make sure the coronavirus vaccine is not made mandatory in Kentucky.
Elected Democrats and their leaders have expressed more than once that they are concerned about the lack of masks among Republican legislators, and have asked the Republican leadership to mandate the use of masks. However, that has not happened.
Read more: https://forwardky.com/state-rep-who-downplayed-virus-in-icu-with-covid/
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