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Related: About this forumMexican governor says poor are immune to coronavirus
Governor of Puebla state says rich people are at risk, insinuating that poor people cannot travel and are therefore safe
Sierra Juarez |
27.03.2020
QUERETARO, Mexico
A state governor in Mexico has triggered outrage in the country by claiming that poor people are immune from the novel coronavirus.
Luis Miguel Barbosa, the governor of Puebla, said earlier this week at a press conference that poor people in Mexico should not worry about the global pandemic.
If you are rich, you have a risk. If you are poor, no. The poor are immune, he said.
There is nothing to support the idea that only rich people are at risk of the coronavirus. The governor said people who travel could be at more risk, and he linked the ability to travel with people who are rich. He then assumed that poor people were not in danger.
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Mexican governor says poor are immune to coronavirus (Original Post)
Judi Lynn
Mar 2020
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procon
(15,805 posts)1. He's very confused and describing Affluenza, the
rich people's disease. He may already be a victim of the corona virus, of maybe he has both.
chillfactor
(7,574 posts)2. what a dumb ass!
another tRUMP!
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)3. If he were white and born in the US, he'd have a tRump cabinet position
why do some people behave so reprehensively in a crisis?