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The Town of Essex councillor who downplayed COVID-19 and called it the “Chinese flu” in tweets claims he’s been made the target of “cancel culture.”
“It is legal to utter the words ‘Chinese flu’ and people do so thousands of times per day, all over the world,” said a defiant Chris Vander Doelen during a town council meeting on Monday night.
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“There was nothing racist or remotely hateful or even vaguely insulting about my tweets, and it is slanderous to suggest that.”
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The Essex town councillor who drew widespread criticism for his cavalier tweet downplaying the “Chinese flu” now says his experience with COVID-19 has been frightening.
“My first three days’ experience was: ‘This is nothing, man, ” said Chris Vander Doelen in comments before town council on Monday night.
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“And then it dragged me back down. And that’s why people cannot make light of this disease. It got scary.”
Author of the article: Dave Battagello
Publishing date: Apr 11, 2021 • 28 minutes ago • 5 minute read Essex, Ontario. June 19, 2019 Essex councillor Chris Vander Doelen takes in a beautiful afternoon at Sadler Pond Park Thursday. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
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A Town of Essex councillor has triggered anger among many locally and far beyond after posting on Twitter about testing positive for “the Chinese Flu.”
Chris Vander Doelen, who retired five years ago from the Windsor Star and has served on council since being elected in 2018, posted the following on Friday: “Damn. My test for the Chinese flu came back positive. So I hafta lay low for another week a punishment worse than the illness proved to be.”
Author of the article: Dave Battagello
Publishing date: Apr 10, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 5 minute read Essex, Ontario. June 19, 2019 Essex councillor Chris Vander Doelen takes in a beautiful afternoon at Sadler Pond Park Thursday. Photo by Nick Brancaccio /Windsor Star
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A Town of Essex councillor has triggered anger among many locally and far beyond after posting on Twitter about testing positive for “the Chinese Flu.”
Chris Vander Doelen, who retired five years ago from the Windsor Star and has served on council since being elected in 2018, posted the following on Friday: “Damn. My test for the Chinese flu came back positive. So I hafta lay low for another week a punishment worse than the illness proved to be.”
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