“I didn’t make it public, but I started making it public because it’s such a problem. I’m not vaccinated, ”the Georgia Republican said during a phone call.
She continued, “I believe it is up to each and every American to make that decision for themselves, and the government has nothing to do with telling Americans to or not to take the Covid vaccine.”
As a Conservative Republican who has propounded various conspiracy theories in the past, Greene has spread misinformation about the vaccines available in the United States. In August, she tweeted that the US Food and Drug Administration “shouldn’t approve the Covid vaccines”, claiming the vaccines were “failing” and ineffective in reducing the spread of the virus.
The falsehoods caused Twitter to suspend Greene’s account for a week, the last such action the social media company took against them for leaking misinformation. In July, Twitter suspended Greene for 12 hours for sharing misinformation about Covid-19 and vaccines.
There are three Covid-19 vaccines available in the US, all of which have been shown to be effective in slowing the spread of the virus and preventing serious infections and hospital stays. To date, 57.6% of the US population is fully vaccinated against the virus.
CNN reported in May that Democratic lawmakers in both houses of Congress had a 100% vaccination rate against Covid-19, which significantly outperformed Republicans in the House and Senate at the time, illustrating the partisan division over the pandemic.
Greene, who made a name for herself as a rule breaker in Washington, broke house rules by refusing to wear her face mask on the floor of the house, resulting in her fined at least US 48,000 for 20 offenses -Dollar has been occupied.
Greene has appealed at least one of her fines that came from her salary, but it has been upheld.
The Democrats implemented the rule in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic last year. Like Greene, many Republicans have bypassed and fined the rules, and a number of GOP lawmakers continued to protest the mask rules.
