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Ramaswamy torches Dem rival over 'outrageous' COVID-19 claim: 'Spewing lies'

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Ramaswamy torches Dem rival over 'outrageous' COVID-19 claim: 'Spewing lies'
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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.

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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%.

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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.
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