Gov. Doug Ducey fires the scientists who warn he's making a mistake by reopening Arizona

[RandySF]

For seven weeks, Gov. Doug Ducey has assured us that his decisions to reopen the state would be based not on politics or wishful thinking or even a wing and a prayer.

Data, he has said over and over again, would be in the drivers’ seat when it comes to steering Arizona through the coronavirus.

Now Ducey has tossed a significant piece of that data – public health models that predict we could be headed toward disaster – out the window.

Just hours after Ducey announced on Monday that he’s accelerating the reopening of parts of the state’s economy, state health officials told a team of university experts to stop working on models that project what will happen next.



https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/laurieroberts/2020/05/06/arizona-not-ready-reopen-asu-ua-coronavirus-models-say-fired/5175510002/

[SledDriver]

1. Just following in his master's footsteps

[Firestorm49]

2. Cover up, deny, look stupid. That's who they are and they aren't fooling anybody.

[gristy]

3. I'd be surprised if the governor has hiring/firing authority at his state universities.