In a lengthy rant posted to his Facebook page, Rep. Nino Vitale (R-OH), who is a vocal critic of Ohio’s stay-at-home orders, slammed recommendations from health experts to wear a mask outdoors, saying to do so would violate his “Judeo-Christian principles.”
Criticizing what he says are mixed messages from the state’s health director Dr. Amy Acton, Vitale says his response to the recommendation is simple:
“This is not the entire world,” he wrote. “This is the greatest nation on earth founded on Judeo-Christian Principles. One of those principles is that we are all created in the image and likeness of God. That image is seen the most by our face. I will not wear a mask.”
Vitale then called on citizens to “ignore the unelected Dr. Acton’s orders.”
“…open your counties now, before it’s too late,” he continued. “This is not based on logic, this is based on fear and propaganda and every statistical, data driven study done in the last 2 weeks says death counts are low, the models were wrong, and this is more like the flu.”
