Rep. Mike Turzai's chief of staff says he was simply pointing out the vulnerabilities of Pennsylvanians to the disease.
The stats posted by Rep.ended with urging the state to get back to business “safely, compassionately” and “urgently.”
People on Twitter appeared to interpret the tweet in the worst possible way: that people who died after coronavirus were already sick, so it’s not a huge concern if more of them die as the state reopens. Turzai’s Chief of Staff Neal Lesher told HuffPost in an email that the tweet is “simply reporting public health data that the Pennsylvania Department of Health should be reporting to the public, but is not.” The data “exposes the vulnerability of Pennsylvania’s most vulnerable population in nursing homes, personal care facilities, and assisted living facilities,” he added.
“For anyone to suggest that the Speaker does not care about our vulnerable populations is either playing politics or not paying attention to what’s going on,” Lesher insisted.Turzai unveiled a bill Thursday with
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