According to reports, Chris A. Johansen, a Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives and state Representative Chris A. Johansen, and his wife contracted COVID-19.Johnson has denied the severity of the current pandemic in the past and joined other Maine states Republicans Ignore the masking rules.
When the local “Portland News Herald” contacted Johnson, he was obviously cautious about his condition, saying only that “he was not feeling well” and hung up the phone before he was asked to elaborate. But Crash Barry, author of the left-leaning news outlet Mainer, made a call on Twitter. A person who sounded like Johnson said: “Listen, I have COVID. I’m really, really sick. I just didn’t have it today. Time to talk to you.”
Weekly newspaper Contacted Johnson’s office to confirm this report and obtain comments, but no response has been received so far.
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Cindy Johansen, the wife of a Republican congressman, separately confirmed her COVID-19 diagnosis in a statement Facebook postal. In the post, she claimed that she passed out in the garage and that her “legs are like rubber”. Because of her asthma, she is considered to be at a higher risk of hospitalization for COVID.
Both Johnson and his wife have posted on social media in the past, refuting the ongoing pandemic and mocking vaccines. News pioneer Pointed out.
Johnson has also developed a habit of ignoring the Maine State Assembly’s regulations on wearing masks. For example, in a video taken with six other Republicans in January, he did not wear a mask there. He was also one of the Republicans who clashed with the police at the Maine State Capitol in May for failing to comply with mask regulations.
Maine and Rest of the U.S., Is experiencing a new surge in COVID-19 cases.Officials generally attribute this to People who have not been vaccinated And the appearance of New strains, especially the Delta variant, More contagious than the original novel coronavirus.
Nevertheless, compared with other states, Maine does a good job in vaccination.according to Mayo Clinic, 68% of Maine residents received at least one dose of the vaccine, while 63% were fully vaccinated. The latter’s statistics rank third in the United States, second only to Vermont and Massachusetts.
Johnson is the state representative for District 145 of Maine, which is located on the eastern edge of the state and borders Canada.
