Georgia's shelter-in-place order will be published Thursday and go into effect the following day, but the state's governor is taking heat for his justification for resorting to the measure. Brian Kemp announced the shelter-in-place order on Wednesday and ordered public schools shut down for the rest of the semester. Well, we didn't know that until the last 24 hours," he said, seeming to also refer to Georgia Public Health Commissioner Kathleen Toomey.

Because Governors and Mayors aren't public health experts, and Kemp isn't alone in totally misunderstanding the science and making fatal mistakes as a consequence. "Because governors and mayors aren't public health experts, and Kemp isn't alone in totally misunderstanding the science and making fatal mistakes as a consequence."

Source: CBC News April 02, 2020 16:07 UTC