He’s baaaaack… Meet Ohio State Rep Nino Vitale. You may remember him as the elected official who refused to wear a mask because the face reflects the “image of God”. No way Vito was gonna mess with that. Aside from that absurdity and bastardization of Judeo-Christian beliefs, we are still in the midst of a pandemic and the bible had a lot to say about plagues.
Vitale has turned his nonsense up a notch. No longer satisfied with endangering his family, colleagues and community, he’s upped his game. This time encouraging his constituents to refuse COVID testing. From Rawstory:
In a Facebook post, Vitale suggested that the government is using COVID-19 tests to create a “dictatorship.”
“Are you tired of living in a dictatorship yet?” Vitale asked. “This is what happens when people go crazy and get tested. STOP GETTING TESTED!”
“It is giving the government an excuse to claim something is happening that is not happening at the magnitude they say it is happening,” he continued. “Have you noticed they never talk about deaths anymore, just cases? And they never talk about recoveries. They just keep adding to numbers they have been feeding us from over 3 months ago!”
Yes, imagine adding to the numbers of COVID cases as the virus infects more and more of his constituents. You mean the more infected people the higher the numbers? Crazy math… must be a tool of the devil along with the metric system. I’m guessing that if God tasked Vito with rounding up animals for the ark, there would be a lot fewer species today. Just a hunch...
As for talking about deaths, we have now topped 130,000 deaths. And yes, those of us in the reality based world are still talking about that. I did visit Rep Vitale’s Facebook page and you can too. What I saw alarmed me, a slew of science deniers, conspiracy theorists, plague “patriots”, silly memes, outdated data and ignorance on parade. I no longer live in Ohio but family and friends still do. The virus doesn’t care about congressional districts or state lines. Ignorance in Ohio leads to the spread of the virus across our country.
I wish I could say that I’m shocked about the stunning stupidity and hubris of many of our fellow Americans. I no longer am. I am deeply saddened by the anti-science, proud pro ignorance that has gripped our nation for the last few decades. Growing up as a child in Ohio during the 60s with my computer pioneering father, we truly believed that science and information would lead us to wonderful new technology and through that health, peace and prosperity. Instead of advancing human understanding of our world through technology, we have Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Social media platforms where we share pictures of our lunches, political propaganda, selfies and prideful, willful, intractable ignorance.
Please take a moment to reach out to your friends and family to help keep them safe and healthy. And then take a moment to reach out to Rep Vitale. Let’s take back our districts, our states and our country from those who profit off keeping the population sick and stupid.