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21st October 2017, 10:11 AM
Georgia State Rep. Betty Price Uses Term 'Quarantine' in Asking About HIV Prevention
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/georgia-state-rep-betty-price-uses-term-quarantine-asking-about-n812831
A Georgia state representative is under fire after using the term "quarantine" when asking about methods to curtail the spread of HIV.
Republican State Rep. Betty Price, a former anesthesiologist who is married to former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, asked during a study meeting about what officials are “legally able to do” to limit the spread of HIV throughout the state.
“I don’t want to say the quarantine word, but I guess I just said it,” Price said during the Oct. 17 meeting, which was recorded on video.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politician-betty-davies-georgia-congresswoman-hiv-patients-legally-quarantine-a8012636.html
Shortly after her comments, GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organisation, released a statement demanding an apology from Ms Price.
Its president, Sarah Kate Ellis said: “Comments like those made by Georgia State Representative Betty Price fly in the face of that progress, and of basic decency."
She added: “This language coming from anyone is totally unacceptable, but coming from a medical doctor and a Georgia State Representative it is reprehensible."
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/georgia-state-rep-betty-price-uses-term-quarantine-asking-about-n812831
A Georgia state representative is under fire after using the term "quarantine" when asking about methods to curtail the spread of HIV.
Republican State Rep. Betty Price, a former anesthesiologist who is married to former Health and Human Services Secretary Tom Price, asked during a study meeting about what officials are “legally able to do” to limit the spread of HIV throughout the state.
“I don’t want to say the quarantine word, but I guess I just said it,” Price said during the Oct. 17 meeting, which was recorded on video.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politician-betty-davies-georgia-congresswoman-hiv-patients-legally-quarantine-a8012636.html
Shortly after her comments, GLAAD, the world's largest LGBTQ media advocacy organisation, released a statement demanding an apology from Ms Price.
Its president, Sarah Kate Ellis said: “Comments like those made by Georgia State Representative Betty Price fly in the face of that progress, and of basic decency."
She added: “This language coming from anyone is totally unacceptable, but coming from a medical doctor and a Georgia State Representative it is reprehensible."