The questions from state public health workers highlight the tensions of decision-making in a complex political environment. The emails were revealed through an open records request.
For politicians on the cusp of Year Three, it’s no longer enough to defer to the federal government as the vocal minority grows more tired of masks and other mitigation strategies, no matter how well they work.
Greene responded: “Lilian, I hear what you’re saying, and if this were a presentation at a symposium, I might agree with you, but it’s not.” He went on to say, “The statement makes no claim of causality, nor that other factors might not be involved; it is merely an observation.”Peake said she would ask Deloitte, the firm with a state contract to assist with the pandemic response, to search for studies that may back up Greene’s claim.
Denise Bonds, director of Blue Ridge Health District, which is based in Charlottesville, in a Jan. 18 email to Greene said her constituents were asking for the science that supports statements in the order claiming that masks worn by children “are often ineffective because they are made from cloth material, and they are often not clean, resulting in the collection of impurities, including bacteria and parasites.
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