'We are clearly not ready to open,' Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak said.
that she'd"love everything open because I think we've had viruses for years that have been here."
After Goodman noted that the city had only seen 150 deaths from coronavirus, Cooper asked her if the relatively low death toll could be because of the state's stay-at-home order."How do you know until you have a control group? We offer to be a control group,"Sisolak disagreed with Goodman later on Wednesday during his own appearance on CNN."We are clearly not ready to open," the governor said.
Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak speaks during the Clark County Democrats Kick Off to Caucus Gala at Tropicana Las Vegas February 15, 2020 in Las Vegas, Nevada.He also vowed never to allow Goodman's offer to have Las Vegas be a control group by relaxing Covid-19 mitigation restrictions in the city."I will not allow the citizens of Nevada, our Nevadans to be used as a control group, placebo, whatever she wants to call that," he said."I will not allow that.
Sisolak noted that Las Vegas' largest trade union, the Culinary Workers Union, had lost 11 members to the novel virus, before saying he'll do everything in his power to ensure they don't lose 11 more. The Culinary Workers Union also rebuked Goodman in a statement released Wednesday, calling her remarks"outrageous." The group said they support Sisolak's"plan to protect Nevadans" and"encourage listening to health experts and scientists.
"I've got an enormous amount of cooperation from the vast majority of our citizens," the mayor said."Now there are clearly some who don't see things my way and they've resisted. But most elected officials, the mayor of Reno, Hillary Schieve, chair of the Clark County Commission, Marilyn Kirkpatrick, did nothing but help me to expand our testing and expand our tracing and to open, open at the proper time.
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