Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, has suggested that he and “lots of grandparents” would be willing to risk death from coronavirus to keep the economy going
Getty Images: Dan Patrick, the lieutenant governor of Texas, has suggested that he and “lots of grandparents” would be willing to risk death from coronavirus in order to prevent the U.S. economy from tanking under the weight of social distancing measures that he fears will impact his grandchildren and lead to the “loss” of America.
The 69-year-old added that America should “get back to work, get back to living and be smart about it” and that over-70s would take care of themselves. Social distancing measures are in place across the U.S. to contain the spread of the illness to the elderly and the immunocompromised, who areof dying from coronavirus, but President Donald Trump appears to be weighing the risk of these measures against their threat to the U.S. economy.
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