Anderson Cooper Goes Viral Pressing Vegas Mayor on Her Back-to-Work Coronavirus Stance: 'That Makes No Sense'
“I know it’s tough to stay home, I know that,” he said, “but I’m putting lives ahead of dollars.”
“I’d love everything open, because I think we’ve had viruses for years that have been here,” Goodman told Cooper. But later she questioned whether social distancing was effective after she cited the relatively low number of confirmed cases and deaths in her area compared to widespread unemployment from the social shutdown.
“That can’t work, we’re not getting the truth,” Goodman told Cooper, suggesting this was not the first time health officials had misled Nevadans. “And I know over the years going back to the 1950s with the atomic bomb — ‘don’t worry about it when we’re testing in Nevada, you’ll all be fine, take a shower.’ ““Wow, okay that’s really ignorant,” Cooper chided Goodman while trying to explain how easily the coronavirus can spread by citing Chinese research.
Cooper asked her if she thought there was risk in encouraging people to travel to Las Vegas as a major tourist hub and then return to their homes where they might be unwitting transmitters of the virus. Cooper asked Goodman if she would put her “life on the line” and go onto the casino floors if they could reopen. She responded incredulously.
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