Ex-Gov. Rick Perry is part of company marketing 'catch and kill' device to battle COVID
AUSTIN — Former Gov. Rick Perry returned to the Texas Capitol on Monday for only the second time since leaving office in 2015 to promote a company he is associated with that builds and markets an air-purifying system that can "catch and kill" the coronavirus and other airborne pathogens.
Perry, who also served as secretary of energy in the Trump administration, joined five Republican state lawmakers and several executives with a Texas firm called Innovative Viral Protection which last year rolled out a device for use in a few Texas school districts. More districts have added the device since then and so have some private entities, they said.
Having the devices would not negate the need for COVID vaccines or for face coverings in some settings, Perry and others said. But they could help reduce the need for masking in classrooms and other indoor locations where social distancing can be problematic, they said.
"I'm not anti-mask," said Perry, who like most of the others at the news conference in a small room near the House chamber did not cover his face during the event. "I just happen to think a parent should have the right to decide whether their child should wear a mask or not."
Read more: https://www.caller.com/story/news/local/texas/state-bureau/2021/08/23/former-gov-rick-perry-endorses-catch-and-kill-anti-covid-system/8241281002/
(Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
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