[chrisk]

it's obvious that she, not he, will bear the brunt of public accountability for that decision. 

Not sure that's true. I've thought it was clever for the various county boards of supervisors to allow the public health officers to take the brunt of the heat of the SiP policy. You may think it's obvious that the top elected officials have the ultimate say, but it didn't come across that way when the 6 public health officers announced the policy and proclaimed they had the power to impose it.

The SC board of supervisors declared a state of emergency a month or so before the first orders were issued. With an emergency in place, the county health Oiler did not need approval from the supervisors to issue the order. So the supercpvisors did not really have “final say” at the time the orders were issued.

[chrisk]

it's obvious that she, not he, will bear the brunt of public accountability for that decision. 

Not sure that's true. I've thought it was clever for the various county boards of supervisors to allow the public health officers to take the brunt of the heat of the SiP policy. You may think it's obvious that the top elected officials have the ultimate say, but it didn't come across that way when the 6 public health officers announced the policy and proclaimed they had the power to impose it.

The SC board of supervisors declared a state of emergency a month or so before the first orders were issued. With an emergency in place, the county health Oiler did not need approval from the supervisors to issue the order. So the supercpvisors did not really have “final say” at the time the orders were issued.