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Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan P H OTO : J O R DA N . H O U S E . G OV

Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan, Predictably: ‘America Is Done with COVID’ Despite science and surging infection rates, Jordan keeps trying to wish the pandemic away

BY A L L I S O N BA B K A

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hen Ohio Congressman Jim Jordan sees a football stadium crowded with people, he’s apparently picturing happy fans and excited parents — not thousands of potential vectors for an infectious virus to spread during a global pandemic.

On Sept. 7, Jordan tweeted a video of a very full Camp Randall Stadium at the University of Wisconsin as the Badgers played Penn State. The Sept. 4 game in the video was the team’s first in nearly two years due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

“Real America is done with #COVID19.

God bless!” Jordan tweeted in his share of the Barstool Sports video.

But Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical advisor and the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, refuted Jordan’s assessment of the situation.

During an interview that evening with MSNBC’s Joy Reid, Fauci directly addressed Jordan’s notion that the country was “done” with COVID-19.

“COVID is not done with us. And that’s really the problem, that you can’t wish it away,” Fauci said.

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