Gov. Gary Herbert likened the decision to hold large get-togethers over the holidays in one’s home, during this escalating pandemic, to a decision to smoke in one’s home. He went on to say, “It’s not only hazardous to your health, but it’s hazardous to the people around you with secondhand smoke. You do what you want but that’s not the good counsel and recommendations from the health care experts. Well, this is a similar thing.”
Except it’s not. The flaw in his thinking is that people who smoke in their homes, as well as the people who choose to be there and be exposed to secondhand smoke, don’t go out into the community and spread lung cancer to unsuspecting citizens who are taking care of themselves.
He needs to get with the pandemic, earn his title and start governing, for Utah’s sake.
Kari Langdale, Salt Lake City