Ramaswamy torches Dem rival over 'outrageous' COVID-19 claim: 'Spewing lies'
Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio, claimed that COVID mortality rates had been as high as 50% during a podcast appearance, using the figure as a rationale...
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Amy Acton, the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio , claimed that COVID mortality rates had been as high as 50% during a podcast appearance, using the figure as a rationale for the response she had called for in the early days of the 2020 pandemic. Acton highlighted the figure as evidence of her effective leadership as Director of the Ohio Department of Health on a podcast appearance this past September. "In those early days, the mortality rate was 50%. I started with that in March. By June, when we reopened, it was because we took swift, decisive action. The mortality rate had gone down to 5%. We learned how to save lives," Acton said. ONE OF THE MOST PROMINENT PRO-MASK MANDATE STUDIES DURING THE COVID PANDEMIC WAS A MISLEADING FAILURE Acton’s retelling of the pandemic’s lethality comes as she defends her record as health director and amid an uphill bid to become the next governor of the Buckeye State. COVID-19’s mortality rate was well below the 50% Acton described, resulting in 275,000 deaths nationwide in 2020, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Of patients who contracted the virus, the death rate was just 15.9% when adjusted for age. And, when filtered further for when COVID was the cause of death, that figure fell further to 11.3%. When asked about the figure, Acton’s office said she had been referring to death rates in hospitals. She also bashed Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy , the founder of Roivant Sciences, a biotech pharmaceutical company that helped produce COVID treatments. "While Dr. Acton was working hand in hand with Governor DeWine to keep Ohioans safe, Vivek Ramaswamy was calling for mandatory COVID-19 testing, making more than $2 billion off of the COVID vaccine, and recommending segregating Ohioans based on biomarker status," Addie Bullock, a spokesperson for Acton’s campaign, said. ANTHONY FAUCI BLAMES AMERICANS FOR NOT HITTING HIS COVID VACCINE TARGET WHILE IGNORING OTHER COUNTRIES In the past, Acton has…