Anybody who has ever traveled in Maine has probably heard a story like the one about coming to a rural fork in the road. From the map, it might appear that both roads end up in about the same place, but because there is an old man working alongside the road, you ask, “Does it make any difference which road I take?” “Not to me,” he responds. Such an indifferent response is not unusual in Maine. Worse, it’s election season, and the three-way campaign for governor of Maine appears to be a contest of the blockheads, in which incumbent Republican Gov. Paul LePage seems willing to say and do anything to win. He and his top state public health official are willing to set aside the effective and commonly practiced public health strategy for combating Hepatitis A in favor of doing something stupid and political. Maine State Rep. Richard Farnsworth (D-Portland), who chairs the House Health and Human Services Committee, has told reporters that Maine CDC has ceased using science to make decisions. For its part, the beleaguered agency used the old canard about too much time passing to make naming the restaurant a public health benefit and fear that the identity of the food worker might become known. So it’s been narrowed down to any one of about 1,000 restaurants in Cumberland County. Between that and Maine CDC’s statewide warning about possible Hepatitis A symptoms, it really did not matter which road was taken. Not to them.