Would our economy have suffered? Yes. After April, outbound travel from our source markets crashed.
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Replying to @loganreyes
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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Replying to @Lani4Pasifika
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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Replying to @loganreyes
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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Replying to @Lani4Pasifika
This is a very interesting topic and I think you're spot on.
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Replying to @loganreyes @Lani4Pasifika
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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Replying to @loganreyes
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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Replying to @loganreyes
Perez as well! I really liked her platform too. They were just so spread thin, all of them.
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Replying to @Lani4Pasifika @loganreyes
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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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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