Today, Nevada is joining California, Colorado, Oregon & Washington in the Western States Pact. I believe sharing information & best practices on how to mitigate the spread, protect the health & safety of our residents,& reopen responsibly will be invaluable.
We share three major principles in this agreement. No 1: The health & safety of residents comes first. No. 2: Health outcomes & science - not politics - will guide decision making. And No. 3: Our states will only be effective when working together against #COVID19.
With that in mind, there are four main goals. No. 1: Protect the vulnerable. No. 2: Ensure care for the sick. No. 3: Mitigate the non-direct impacts on our communities. No. 4: Protect the public by ensuring an lifting of restrictions include a system to test, track and isolate.
Millions of visitors from our fellow Western states travel to NV every year & this partnership will be vital to our immediate recovery & long-term economic comeback. I look forward to continued conversations with @GavinNewsom, @OregonGovBrown, @GovInslee & @GovofCO
