Las Vegas Mayor Offers Up Her City's Residents As Covid-19 Guinea Pigs For Science
By Stephen Luntz
23 Apr 2020, 13:02
A little scientific knowledge is a dangerous thing if it convinces people they know more than they do. Perhaps that's the explanation for Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman's extraordinary offer of her citizens as a “control†to see how many people die if a major city abandons attempts to control the spread of Covid-19.
In an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper that has since attracted widespread criticism, Goodman argued for re-opening businesses in Las Vegas, citing the need to get people back to work. She certainly isn't the first public official in America to make this case, particularly in a state that has so far avoided many deaths. There have been 163 total deaths confirmed in Nevada, 150 of them occurring in Las Vegas.
Cooper responded, â€But hasn’t it been because of social distancing that the numbers have been what they are?â€
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