Rantz: WA doesn’t track outdoor COVID transmission, King County can’t point to one case

Despite being outdoors, socially distanced and fully vaccinated, Governor Jay Inslee needlessly wears a mask.

Washington State does not track outdoor transmission rates of the coronavirus. Seattle and King County Public Health can’t point to a single verified instance of outdoor transmission. Yet we have rules mandating our behaviors outside.

Governor Jay Inslee said he would base his COVID decisions on science and data. The WA Department of Health tracks COVID in restaurants, gyms, and grocery stores. They used that data to justify closing down businesses or mandate mask use.

But what about parks, which at one point were closed? What about

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