Anderson Cooper Gets Support for Addressing Mayor's COVID-19 Comments

Anderson Cooper straight up tells Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman that her COVID-19 comment 'makes no sense.'

-- said her concerns revolved around the economic impact of the social distancing mandates, which included the closure of all non-essential businesses.

"I want our restaurants open, I want our small businesses open, I want our people back in employment,” Goodman said on CNN Wednesday. “We have so many families that can’t even afford to get the groceries for their family because they’ve been out of work for six weeks." Goodman and Cooper exchanged pointed comments as the mayor made arguments against social distancing's efficacy and accused the government of having"misled Nevadans" in the past -- specifically in regards to atomic bomb testing -- and thus causing some residents to distrust officials.

Cooper, who seemed visibly irritated and frustrated, challenged Goodman directly when she attempted to dismiss information about the transmissibility of the virus according to research conducted by doctors in China."Wow that's really ignorant. That’s an ignorant, ignorant statement," Cooper replied."They’re human beings, too.

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