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Lawsuits and legislation have stripped public health officials of their powers in three years

Ian McFarland vowed on Facebook to give the health department “hell” and used profane language to threaten workers with sexual assault in December 2021, according to a screenshot Vollmar shared with The Post. McFarland, in an October 2020 post she also shared,suggested holding a Second Amendment rally at a coronavirus testing site where Vollmar’s staff would be working.

McFarland told The Post he was just joking around and was angry because he believes the health department acted beyond its authority and destroyed people’s lives and livelihoods. “You can’t deny what they did was inappropriate and wrong if you are a normal person who looked at life and liberty in America,” said McFarland, a self-described constitutionalist who has vowed to turn away government money if he wins.

He cited the $2 million in additional revenue he said his gun store recorded as evidence his views are widely shared by the community, which he said came to support him after his mask ban.a quarter of her 81-person staff is on the verge of quitting. They change out of their uniform polos before leaving work because of the continued barrage ofshe is dismayed by the way the narrative of the pandemic has become distorted.

these public health measures were stopgaps to protect people’s lives before vaccines and treatment were available. A majority of Americans in 2021 said they supported mask mandates and social distancing in bothWhat haunts her most, Vollmar said, is the more than 600 lives that have been lost to covid in Jefferson County. That despite her best efforts, even she could not protect her own mother from contracting the disease that killed her in December 2020.

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