Vivek Ramaswamy IS the Lockdown King
Ohio's Covid Response - Who was the lockdown Czar? Vivek is.
Let's get into it.
There is a lot of revisionist history floating around since the primary election in Ohio. Here are the facts:
March 9, 2020 - Governor Mike DeWine declared a statewide emergency and issued EO 2020-01D with only a few confirmed cases, that ordered closures from March 12 - 15.
Acton, who was appointed February 26, 2019, issues a stay at home order March 23, 2020 under the policies and directive of Mike DeWine. DeWine stated, "I am the elected official.. I set the policy... the buck stops here."
The Ohio Covid-19 Response Team had been created (Corona Task Force); the primary advisor was Lt. Governor Jon Husted. Around this time, Vivek Ramaswamy described himself as "a private sector advisor working with Jon Husted" and regularly joined DeWine and Acton at daily briefings. Vivek personally supported vaccines, and masks.
June 11, 2020 - Acton suddenly resigned as Director of the Ohio Department of Health, stating the primary reason was intense pressure - including from legislators and interests tied to DeWine - to sign health orders she believed lacked scientific support and could violate her Hippocratic Oath (do no harm).
Vivek Ramaswamy has refused to give details on his policy recommendations, while on the Ohio Covid Team. Information has emerged, citing Vivek for creating a National Covid-19 registry under his company Datavant, pooling patient records to segregate people by their vaccine status. Datavant partnered with the NIH funded - National COVID Cohort Collaborative - providing record linkage technology for data to support "research" for the pandemic response; allowing those with immunity to "get back to normal life."
May 2023, Forbes reported Vivek Ramaswamy paid the Wikipedia Editor to scrub his work on Ohio's Covid Response Team from his page, prior to his Presidential run.
March 2025, Vivek's company Riovant and its subsidiary Genevant, announced a $2.25 billion global settlement with Moderna for unauthorized use of their lipid nanoparticle mRNA technology use in SpikeVax. Genevant says it played a fundamental role in the pandemic response (mRNA Vaccines).
Ramaswamy's wealth increased $176 million in 2020.