Good Luck Las Vegas (and Southern Nevada)
LV Mayor offers up city a "control group" for virus. Suggesting that Las Vegas will be the "Placebo" in the study, and then attempting to "correct" Anderson Cooper ("don't put words in my mouth") before confirming exactly what he just asked.
https://twitter.com/joshtpm/status/1253041723510587394?s=20Quick Paraphrase:
AC: So you want the Casino's open?
LV Mayor: That's not what I said..... don't put words in my mouth. I want the hotels open, and the restaurants open... I want these people back to work
AC: well, they're not coming to Hotel's and restaurants without the casino's... so you want the casino's open?
LVM: Well, that's part of it. But we also have sports....
AC: So are you gonna be out on these casino floors with all these people?
LVM: No, I have a family at home
And then when asked about the national impact such decision would make, she basically says "not my problem"
https://twitter.com/TPMLiveWire/status/1253059829469458436?s=20AC: So you're encouraging 100's of 1000's of people from all over the country to come to Vegas and gamble in the casinos, touching slot machines, gather at shows and restaurants, breathing recycled air, and then essentially return home to their own states in their own town to their own homes and families.... I get the economic suffering people are experiencing right now, but doesn't that sound like a virus petri dish!?
LVM: Sounds like you're being an alarmist
AC: "!?alarmist?" How do you expect the casinos to prevent the spread of the virus if they all open up?
LVM: That's for them to figure out, I don't own a casino.....
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/las-vegas-mayors-interview-with-anderson-cooper-was-a-spectacular-train-wreckBut her lack of concern over public health, over the life of her constituents continues....
I don't want to summarize every point here, but she then goes on to say
LVM: "if business then fail because the virus spread, that's the free market at work, and businesses need to figure it out... not my problem."
also LVM: "We also don't need more testing, you're all being crazy.... just take a shower. "
winning Quote? (context: AC explaining how a virus could spread if LV is reopened)
LVM: This isn't China, this is Las Vegas, Nevada!!!
AC: ....wow, that's ignorant.
So good luck LV, and I can't speak for other states, but I'm sure if you leave Cali and go to Vegas, I'm hoping you will return to a mandatory 14 day quarantine in a special facility (like a repurposed cruise ship). So better make it worth it.