Saying that Las Vegas casinos, hotels and businesses will only reopen when scientific data says it's no longer a gamble with people's lives, a member of the county commission that regulates the city's famed Strip blasted Mayor Carolyn Goodman's widely-panned proposal to use employees
Clark County Commissioner Marilyn Kirkpatrick said in an interview Monday on ABC's"Pandemic: What You Need to Know" that it was disappointing to hear Goodman promote her idea on national television despite most medical professionals agreeing that such a move could drastically set the city back in its battle against the invisible contagion.
Kirkpatrick called for Las Vegas residents to be patient, saying that prematurely reopening businesses could create a new wave of positive cases and prompt authorities to shut down the economy again. "How do you know until you've had a control group?" Goodman said when asked if she thought stay-at-home orders have worked to blunt the spread of the virus."I offered to be a control group, and I was told by our statistician that you can't do that because people from all parts of Southern Nevada come in to work in the city.
Sisolak imposed Nevada's stay-at-home directives on March 20, ordering all non-essential businesses to close and residents to practice social distancing and good hygiene to fight the virus, formally known as COVID-19.Goodman has no authority over the major casinos, hotels and businesses on the Las Vegas Strip and areas south of downtown which are under the jurisdiction of the Clark County Commission. The mayor only has a say in what happens to casinos and businesses in downtown Las Vegas.
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