Local lawmaker says he supports vaccines but won’t take COVID shot Laura Bischoff State Rep. Scott Lipps, who was named chairman of the Ohio House Health Committee, said he believes in vaccines but he won’t get vaccinated against COVID-19 when he becomes eligible. “I don’t understand the science. I really am not convinced. I’m really worried about the trials on that,” said Lipps, who owns a mattress company and home health care supplies firm. A recent online report by AJ-Plus, an outlet that is part of the Al Jazeera Media Network and funded by Qatar, painted Lipps as an “anti-vaxxer.”