Sen. Johnson: Non-N95 masks, social distancing are “not scientific”
By Patrick Keck - pkeck@aimmediamidwest.com
Ohio Sen. Terry Johnson delivered co-sponsor testimony on March 3 promoting Senate Bill 22 to the Ohio House State and Local Government Committee. Photo courtesy of the Ohio Channel.
COLUMBUS As states across the country take action to do away with mask mandates and other coronavirus-related public health orders, Scioto County’s Sen. Terry Johnson, R-McDermott, is among a bevy of Ohio Republican Party legislators attempting to curb the authority of Gov. Mike DeWine and the Ohio Department of Health.
Like so many things throughout the past year, Johnson argues that the state’s response to the pandemic is “unprecedented” even when compared to the Spanish Flu. In his view, the handling of the response has been much more centralized on the executive branch and goes against the common practice of medicine.