In a world where monetary interests are routinely prioritised over human ones, it was only a matter of time before politicians tried to re-open businesses in the middle of a deadly pandemic. Among them is Las Vegas mayor Carolyn Goodman, who made headlines by pushing to immediately reopen casinos despite the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
"Mayor Goodman has a lot of thoughts, and the one thing those thoughts have in common is that none of them make any sense," said late show host Jimmy Kimmel on Wednesday.
Speaking to Anderson Cooper in a frankly baffling CNN interview, Goodman stood strong in her dangerous resolve to completely ignore expert medical advice. The mayor even went so far as to offer up Las Vegas' citizens as a "control group," as though her 644,000 constituents were nothing more than lab rats.
Fortunately the offer was nixed, though Goodman offered some incredibly flawed framing of the matter when questioned.
"She isn't offering Las Vegans as a control group. She offered them as a control group and they told her she can't," said Kimmel, succinctly summarising Goodman's stance. "It's totally different."
Really, there's no need for a control group. The American experiment has clearly already failed.
Topics Jimmy Kimmel Live Politics COVID-19
