A stance on the Government's response? I 100% think that if the politicians stayed out of public health decisions, we'd be better off. In looking at countries where this was the case, they've mitigated the economic impact from the pandemic.
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Replying to @loganreyes @Lani4Pasifika
Would our economy have suffered? Yes. After April, outbound travel from our source markets crashed.
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I wonder. Do you think Guam had the precendent set for our politicians to have stayed out of this decision and allowed science-based decision-making?
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We'd never seen anything like this, so in trying to balance the public health and economic impact, I think mistakes were made. Quarantine gets lambasted from a political ideology standpoint, but the reality is, community spread was perpetrated by home quarantine violators.
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I think so too. But getting back to the question: I personally don't think much precedent has been set for GovGuam to follow science-based solutions. I think much of the past decision-making in the last 10 years has centered business interests, with politicians making decisions.
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This is a very interesting topic and I think you're spot on.
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I can't stop thinking about who we elect to represent us. Business people, lawyers, career politicians, people from finance... But the general lack of scientists in elected offices is telling.
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The only people w/ science backgrounds that I know of were Senadoras KMT & Terlaje. They were also the ones advocating for the environment, the culture, & the working class. It's telling they had so much on their plates to balance while everyone else carried business interests.
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Perez as well! I really liked her platform too. They were just so spread thin, all of them.
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I think Sen. Regine Biscoe Lee also advocated for working class but I'm unfamiliar with what everyone's been doing recently, and tbh I'm not a voter here anyway so I cherrypick who I pay attention to during legislative sessions. I'm sure you have a more solid understanding.
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Replying to @Lani4Pasifika @loganreyes
Ahh I forgot to mention: Terlaje may be a lawyer, but her undergrad degree was actually in biology like me. That's how I connected with her as a student. That's why I said she has a science background. I think she uses it in her decision-making.
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