And let the businesses open and competition will destroy that business if, in fact, they become evident that they have disease, they're closed down. 'Assume everybody is a carrier,' the mayor said. On Tuesday Goodman, who has called the city's shutdown 'total insanity,' told MSNBC's Katy Tur that everyone should proceed as if they've been infected by the coronavirus. But that has not deterred Goodman from advocating for a survival-of-the-fittest approach. Goodman does not have authority to determine when or if businesses along the Las Vegas strip should open for business as they are outside of city lines. When pressed on how she would advise businesses to open their doors while ensuring public safety, she said, 'That's up to them to figure out.' I know what it's like to be on subways and on buses and crammed into elevators.' It sounds like you're being an alarmist,' Goodman responded. Doesn't that sound like a virus petri dish?' in casinos, smoking, drinking, touching slot machines, breathing circulated air, and then returning home to states around America and countries around the world.

Nonessential businesses throughout Nevada have been closed for over a month because of the coronavirus pandemic.Ĭooper pushed back: 'You're talking about encouraging hundreds of thousands of people to come to Las Vegas. That's not the mayor's job,' Goodman insisted. Right now we're in a crisis health-wise, and so for a restaurant to be open or a small boutique to be open, they better figure it out. The free enterprise and to be able to make sure that what you offer the public meets the needs of the public. 'I am not a private owner,' she told Anderson Cooper before explaining how the free market should operate in the age of COVID-19. Goodman, an independent, made the remarks on CNN, insisting that as mayor she bears no responsibility for figuring out how to safely maintain social distancing guidelines. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman on Wednesday called for restaurants, hotels and casinos in the gambling mecca to reopen, saying competition would ultimately determine which were safest to visit and that only establishments with the most infections should be forced to close down. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman speaks during a press conference inside the Bellagio Hotel and Casino convention center in 2019.ĭaniel Clark/USA TODAY Sports via Reuters

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