Republican Rep. Don Young Dismisses Coronavirus As "The Beer Virus" As He Downplays Pandemic
Source: Salon
Republican congressman dismissed the coronavirus as "the beer virus" during a meeting with his constituents in which he downplayed the significance of the global pandemic.
"This beer virus I call it — they call it a coronavirus, I call it a beer virus — how do you like that?" Rep. Don Young, R-Alaska, told a group of senior citizens and Chamber of Commerce members in Palmer, Alaska, on Friday. "It attacks our senior citizens. Now, I'm one of you. I still say we have to as a nation, as a state, to go forth with our everyday activities."
Young characterized the widespread public concern about the pandemic, which he again referred to as "the beer virus," as overblown. He criticized the president's $50 billion stimulus package as an attempt "to borrow the money from future generations to solve the problem right now that's been created primarily by hysteria."
He later added that "this is blown out of proportion about how deadly this is. It's deadly, but it's not nearly as deadly as the other viruses we have. But we respond to — I call it the hysteria concept. Most of this medical equipment we're using, 85 percent is coming from China. That's wrong, guys, and I blame the pharmaceutical companies."...
Read more: https://www.salon.com/2020/03/19/republican-rep-don-young-dismisses-coronavirus-as-the-beer-virus-as-he-downplays-pandemic/
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~ 'The corolla virus, the canola virus, the crayola virus'!?
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We are too this point:
WTF is this guy's profit motive?
