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It's discouraging to see where we're at with COVID, and even more so after witnessing a press conference Monday in which unmasked U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis shook hands and stood close to a couple dozen supporters, including an elderly veteran.
We were there to talk about police reform, but I had to ask: with 120,000 Americans dead, and with the U.S. leading the world in COVID deaths, why not take simple precautions to help prevent its spread? Lewis said he knows the virus is dangerous to the elderly.
But he wanted to attack Gov. Walz for his handling of the pandemic. There's room for criticism there, but I was asking Lewis why he continues to shake hands and act as though he's incapable of spreading a potentially fatal virus. A virus that has already killed legions.
Fathers, mothers, daughters, the chair of the St. Paul School Board, a downtown law firm's I.T. director, Karl-Anthony Towns's 58-year-old mother. All dead of COVID.
Lewis asked me which models I follow, wanting to engage me in a debate about the complexities of public health.
Lewis asked me which models I follow, wanting to engage me in a debate about the complexities of public health.
I told him I wasn't presenting myself as an expert. Because I'm not. I'm just the son of 80-something parents, and a witness to the deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. And a person who heeds the advice of his doctor, which in this case is to mask up.
Lewis's response: What if your doctor is wrong? And that's where we left it, me wondering why someone who wants to talk public safety isn't interested in public safety when it concerns viruses, and he speculating that my doctor is wrong. 120,000 dead. I fear many more to come.
