umm. Couldn't they find a healthier person to be their senator??
Really, he is 73 years old and needs to put himself out to pasture.
https://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2023/06/gallbladder-surgery-latest-in-health-issues-for-gov-justice/
........... A 2019 profile of Justice by Forbes Magazine said Justice is 6-foot-8 and weighs 368 pounds. In a 2018 press release, Justice himself poked fun at his own heath.
“I’ve had no recent doctors’ appointments but the last time I did they told me I’m in wonderful health, except for being a little chunky,” Justice said.
Health issues and concerns have hounded Justice ever since he first took office as a Democrat in 2017. Justice’s weight and height have caused him issues with his feet, limiting how long he can walk and stand. Justice often has to be driven up to entrances of the Governor’s Office, the Governor’s Mansion, the Culture Center, and other properties on the grounds of the State Capitol Complex. Staff often bring a wooden stool for Justice to sit on at public events.
Justice has also had several illnesses over the last nearly seven years while in office. West Virginia MetroNews reported in 2017 that Justice sought treatment at Baltimore-based Johns Hopkins Medicine for an unknown viral illness.
Just prior to his annual State of the State address in January 2022, Justice tested positive for COVID-19 with serious symptoms, postponing his address to the Legislature. A few months later, Justice said a tick bite caused him to feel ill after participating in a WV GameChangers event and he was treated for Lyme disease symptoms. And earlier this year, Justice tested positive for COVID-19, but with more milder symptoms than his 2022 infection.
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