LINCOLN- Sen. Mike Groene made waves on Monday when he publically disclosed his positive COVID-19 diagnosis in an email to his fellow senators. The waves however came not from the diagnosis, but instead of his remarks and actions following it.

In the email he wrote, "As you know, I finally got my wish and cont(r)acted the COVID-19 virus, as I suspected it would happen." He previously mentioned he wanted to 'get it over with' so the country could move closer to herd immunity. Once the U.S. hits 200 million infected or immunized citizens, the chain of infection will be broken. There are currently just over 10 million cases nationally.

Sen. Groene refuses to wear a mask and was not when he believes he contracted the virus. He was recently chairing a hearing of the Education Committee, and attended a joint hearing of the Revenue and Appropriations Committees where it was noted by fellow senators including Adam Morfeld of Lincoln that Groene was clearly coughing while sitting with his fellow members, and refusing to wear a mask. Morfeld stated in a tweet that “this kind of selfish and dangerous nonsense is inexcusable”

Groene stated his symptoms were similar to a minor flu, and did little but allow him catch up on sleep. He stated in his message to senators that the time allowed him to become invigorated for the upcoming session and he plans to donate his plasma for interferon plasma therapy.

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