Gov. Herbert, your action to go from red to orange before the trend in new cases of COVID is down, before there is adequate testing, before there is adequate contact tracing in place, all point me to conclude that you are willing to run an experiment in human sacrifice that impacts our health workers and other essential workers.
Many of these workers have no choice about working and did not bargain for a low wage in exchange for their health and possibly their life, or the lives of others in the community.
Stop your experiment in human sacrifice now.
Steven Stepanek, Salt Lake City
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