Republicans 'investigating' Arizona's COVID-19 response will conveniently ignore the dead
Source: Arizona Republic
Republicans 'investigating' Arizona's COVID-19 response will conveniently ignore the dead
Opinion: Arizona had one of the worst death rates in the country. It would have been even worse if the people doing this investigation were in charge.
EJ Montini
Arizona Republic
Published 8:00 a.m. MT May 3, 2023 | Updated 2:50 p.m. MT May 3, 2023
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We know how COVID-19 'was mismanaged'
The collective of Arizona Republican lawmakers proposing to investigate how “the pandemic was mismanaged” won’t want to talk about the dead.
The committee members — GOP state Reps. Janae Shamp, T.J. Shope and Steve Montenegro, along with Republican U.S. Reps. Andy Biggs, Paul Gosar and Eli Crane — have different concerns.
Political concerns. Weird, partisan, conspiratorial concerns that don’t comport with the facts.
Because, factually, there is only one sure way to measure whether a state did a good job or a bad job in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Read more: https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/ej-montini/2023/05/03/republicans-probing-arizona-covid-response-ignore-dead/70177941007/
Non-paywalled link: https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-investigating-arizonas-covid-19-150012283.html
