Also notable from this interview: Sanford Health Chief Medical Officer Allison Suttle says Gov. Noem should institute a state mask mandate -- "that would help us in our attempt to fight this virus"
(Sanford has, as an institution, not backed mask mandates, unlike Avera Health)
(Sanford has, as an institution, not backed mask mandates, unlike Avera Health)
https://twitter.com/CBSThisMorning/status/1330865597027061760
Now usually a CMO's statement would show me a health system's stance. But in this case, CEO Kelby Krabbenhoft has said mask mandates aren't needed. But that was in interviews as Sanford Health was actively distancing itself from things he was saying about COVID-19. So.... ?
Worth noting that CMO Suttle has gone her own way before and been outspoken about state policy. Here's from Oct. 2019, on Medicaid expansion (SD has rejected Medicaid expansion): duluthnewstribune.com/lifestyle/heal…
All this to say, it's an interesting time in the kremlinology of Sanford Health. And one has to wonder what its presumptive merger partner, Intermountain Healthcare, thinks of all this (they didn't respond to my request for comment on KK's comments).
If you want to see what it looks like when a South Dakota health system endorses mask mandates, here's Avera Health's statement on them (I asked): 
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