The
Franklin County sheriff's office said they have a deputy watching the
home of a state senator from Georgia who tested positive for COVID-19
but decided to come to St. George Island to quarantine.
State
Senator Bruce Thompson, who lives just North of Atlanta in a town
called White, Georgia was confirmed to have the virus in March and
was even hospitalized in intensive care for a short time in
mid-March.
Thompson
is a Republican who represents Senate District 14, which includes
portions of Cherokee, Bartow and Cobb counties in Georgia.
He
arrived in Franklin County on Tuesday night.
Sheriff
AJ Smith said Thompson came to the Plantation with three vehicles and
the sheriff is not sure how many people are staying in the home.
The
sheriff said the house will be watched and anyone leaving it will
stopped and asked why.
The
sheriff said everyone in the home needs to quarantine for 14 days.
The
county and the health department have also been notified about the
state senator's decision to come here.
The
sheriff said he is perplexed as to why Thompson would leave his home
in Georgia to come to a county with no COVID-19 cases.
The
county has been working hard to keep people out by closing beaches
and other public areas as well as closing rental homes.
He
called the move irresponsible, especially from an elected official
who should be working to stop the spread of the virus.
Sheriff
Smith told the Apalachicola Times that when he asked Thompson why he
is coming here he was told the doctor said it would be good for my
lungs.
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