Uh… yeah… about that:
Highly contagious stuff going on? Check.
Science-based leadership? Nope.
Scoring political points to the detriment and peril of the people that the state’s surgeon general is officially charged with protecting? Check.
Setting up a next-wave reservoir of infectious diseases in a climate breakdown tropical (or sub-tropical) environment in a state with one of the highest poverty levels in the U.S.? Check.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/poverty-rate-by-state
