A member of a Queens community board was booted from office after referring to COVID-19 as the “Wu-Flu.”
Queens Borough President Donovan Richards ousted Richard Huber from Community Board 5, claiming his “Wu-Flu” comment violated the standard of conduct barring discrimination.Queens Councilman Robert Holden — whose wife is Japanese-American and has been subjected to anti-Asian discrimination — appointed Huber to CB5. But he said Huber’s ouster by the borough president smacks of cancel culture run amok.
He said BP Richards should have counseled Huber and given him a chance to explain himself or apologize and complained that Richards, who is black, is quick to racialize issues,“I also know that Richard Huber has a big heart and has done a lot of good things in the neighborhood. There’s a body of work that Richard Huber has done for decades that should be considered,” Holden said.Huber told The Post that his remark was “extemporaneous” and “was not intended as a slur…..I said it. I live with it.
People gather at a rally against the COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2021, on Staten Island.He asked that his “Wu-Flu” comment be heard in the context of his overall remarks, in which he praised doctors and nurses and lamented some left the profession over COVID-19 policies. He also complained that so many people are infected with COVID variants after getting vaccinated and boosted and warned about the side effects of anti-viral drugs.
“All you ever heard about the vaccine — the so-called vaccines — for the ‘Wu-Flu.’ It was only safe and effective and would prevent transmission, and it would prevent you from catching it. That doesn’t seem exactly true,” Huber said.to be hospitalized or die from COVID-19 if they are infected or re-infected.
But New York City health officials also recently reported that the latest omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 was
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