Alaska lawmaker banned from airline over mask mandate gets COVID-19

An Alaska lawmaker who was banned from an airline after refusing to wear a mask has tested positive for COVID-19.

State Sen. Lora Reinbold was quarantining Tuesday night at home, where she told her Facebook friends she was “completely unimpressed” with CDC guidance to take Tylenol and decided to concoct her own “recipe.”

“Its my turn to battle Covid head on… game on! Who do you think is going to win? When I defeat it, I will tell you my recipe,” the Republican pol posted, before going on to list her “recipe” of unsanctioned treatments.

“I am taking lots of vitamins ABCD & Quercitin & zinc citrate. Vit E and aspirin to reduce clotting. I am blessed to have gotten Ivirmectin the ‘de -covider,'” the 57-year-old wrote.

The FDA recently issued a stern warning against human or animal use of ivermectin — an anti-parasite used to treat roundworm infections — to treat COVID-19.

Sen. Lora Reinbold, banned by Alaskan Airlines for refusing to wear a mask, revealed she tested positive for COVID-19. AP

Reinbold described Ivirmectin, which the FDA warned against using to treat COVID-19, as a “de-covider” in a social media post. AP

Sen. David Wilson of Alaska also tested positive for COVID-19. AP

Reinbold made headlines this spring after she was banned from Alaskan Airlines and had to drive 750 miles and take a ferry to cast a vote against a public health emergency bill. Alaskan is the only airline that flies to Juneau from her Anchorage-area district. Juneau, the capital of Alaska, is only accessible by plane or boat, not by car.

A second state Republican, Sen. David Wilson, also tested positive for the virus, according to the Anchorage Daily News.