It’s possible many of us who will be voting "No" on the recall of Governor Newsom are only alive today because this first-term governor was the first in the nation to declare a state of emergency to protect our health workers, our health-care system, and our citizens. Can you imagine how difficult it must have been to make that decision for a state with a population of almost 40 million and a GDP of $3.2 trillion which represents 14.6 percent of the total U.S. economy?
All we had hoped for was that each of us would follow common sense and science to contain the spread of a deadly airborne virus so that it would not mutate into a more dangerous variant. Despite the fact that masking and social distancing cost us virtually nothing, millions of Americans have refused to do so.
Yes, it is their right to get ill and die. No, it is not their right to put other citizens at risk.