TOM MOUNTAIN: MassGOP official writes mea culpa in Herald after COVID diagnosis following White House Hanukkah party

REPUBLICAN IGNORANCE & STUPIDITY PROMOTED ANTI-MASKERS WHO SPREAD THE VIRUS....JUST HOW STUPID ARE REPUBLICANS? 

MassGOP official writes mea culpa in Herald after COVID diagnosis following White House Hanukkah party

“I will survive this, in spite of my own obvious negligence, and arrogance, towards a virus that knows no bounds and shows no mercy." 

 Tom Mountain holds a Trump 2020 sign while he waits with other supporters for the arrival of Vice President Mike Pence in Concord, New Hampshire, Nov. 7, 2019. –Erin Clark / The Boston Globe, File

AP

updated on January 5, 2021

BOSTON (AP) — The vice chairman of the Massachusetts Republican Party, a former coronavirus skeptic, has issued a mea culpa after falling sick with COVID-19, likely from being infected at a White House Hanukkah party last month.

“I will survive this, in spite of my own obvious negligence, and arrogance, towards a virus that knows no bounds and shows no mercy,” Tom Mountain, 60, wrote in an opinion piece in the Boston Herald published Tuesday.

He got sick three days after attending the White House party, at which mask wearing and social distancing were lax. He spread COVID-19 to other members of his family.

Mountain, who is now recovering at home, wrote that he had chills, fever, nausea and “nearly every symptom attached with the coronavirus” that required two trips to the emergency room.

“Masks? Who needs masks? I scoffed at the idea and rolled my eyes at so many for donning them. The mere thought of my wearing one got my libertarian self-righteousness up in arms. Social distancing? How can I shake hands and take photos with like-minded colleagues?” he wrote.

He said he now has a better appreciation of Republican Gov. Charlie Baker’s efforts to control the virus.

 

REPUBLICAN ANTI-MASKERS JEOPARDIZE PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE HEALTH OF OTHERS DUE TO THEIR ARROGANCE AND IGNORANCE. THESE PEOPLE WHO IGNORE SAFE AND REASONABLE PRECAUTIONS DO NOT DESERVE PUBLIC OFFICE.

No Gold Star families test positive for COVID after event

By Ethan Genter

Posted Oct 9, 2020

WASHINGTON — None of the families who attended a Gold Star family event at the White House at the end of last month have tested positive for COVID-19.

The Greatest Generation Foundation, the organization that arranged trips for families, reported Thursday that the families are doing well.

“Considering it has been 12 days since the event, All Gold Star Families are all doing well and exhibit no symptoms of COVID-19,” an email from the group read.

West Barnstable resident and Republican candidate for state representative in the 5th Barnstable District Steven Xiarhos attended the event with his two daughters and they continue to be negative, according to his campaign. 

“I have personally taken several tests, and all have come back negative,” Xiarhos said in a statement Friday. “However out of an abundance of caution and per public health guidelines, I am finishing out my quarantine period at my home.”

The former Yarmouth deputy police chief’s quarantine ends Sunday, according to the campaign.