[Sheriff Mark Lamb] added that the first two COVID-19 deaths reported in Pinal County were actually a heart attack and an asthma attack, and "didn't have anything to do with COVID but were attributed to COVID."
"In tough times, tough decisions have to be made," said Lamb, a Republican elected to office in 2016. "I'm looking at two laws in each hand [and] going with the one that's 200 years old rather than two days old."
[Sheriff Mark Lamb] added that the first two COVID-19 deaths reported in Pinal County were actually a heart attack and an asthma attack, and "didn't have anything to do with COVID but were attributed to COVID."
"In tough times, tough decisions have to be made," said Lamb, a Republican elected to office in 2016. "I'm looking at two laws in each hand [and] going with the one that's 200 years old rather than two days old."