He and his wife got COVID-19. She died last week. This week, he went maskless to anti-vaxx rally
At the end of July, Republican Rep. Chris Johansen of Aroostook County, Maine, was reportedly recorded by Mariner News contributor Crash Barry saying, “Listen up, I’ve got COVID and I’m really, really sick and I just don’t have time to talk to you today.” It was news because Johansen, along with his wife Cindy, have been very vocal and demonstratively anti-mask and anti-vaccine. Johansen’s anti-science stance led to him and six other Republican representatives getting stripped of their committee assignments after entering the Maine State House without wearing masks “in violation of legislative rules that go beyond state recommendations” back in May.
On Aug. 10, Cindy Johansen reportedly passed away after struggling for almost a month with the virus. Her death was confirmed by The Daily Beast and the Maine Republican Party. A week after her passing, Chris Johansen appeared at an anti-vaxxer mandate demonstration in Augusta. As various reporters covering this demonstration noted, Johansen did not wear a mask. Whether or not Johansen has been cleared of COVID-19 or is safe outside of quarantine is not known. Barry has reported that neither Cindy nor Chris were vaccinated before contracting COVID-19. Aroostook County, like many counties across the country, has seen a surge in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations over the last few weeks.
Johansen’s social media feed is filled with posts of memes like one with two mice, one asking the other, “Did you get the vaccine yet?” and the other responding, “No, they’re still testing it on the humans.”
Cindy Johansen was the corresponding secretary-officer for the Aroostook County Republicans. Johansen, when contacted by the Beast, denied he himself was ever sick, saying: “All of these reports are false.” Though when contacted by the Press Herald back in July, he reportedly said, “I’m not doing well. I’m not feeling well, and I’m not talking to people right now.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2021/8/20/2046977/-Maine-lawmaker-s-wife-dies-of-COVID-19-he-survives-to-attend-maskless-anti-vaxxer-rally-days-later
= new reply since forum marked as read
