When Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ran for the Democratic nomination for president on a platform of aggressively tackling climate change, he didn’t get much traction with voters. But then the first U.S. cases of COVID-19 hit Washington state in January, and Inslee’s decisive science-based leadership suddenly seemed prescient.Bloomberg talked with Inslee about the two potentially lethal crises and their weird but undeniable parallels. The interview has been condensed and edited.Q: Before the pandemic you were perhaps best known for your committed stance on addressing climate change. Some of the...…When Washington Gov. Jay Inslee ran for the Democratic nomination for president on a platform of aggressively tackling climate change, he didn’t get much traction with voters. But then the first U.S. cases of COVID-19 hit Washington state in January, and Inslee’s decisive science-based leadership suddenly seemed prescient.Bloomberg talked with Inslee about the two potentially lethal crises and their weird but undeniable parallels. The interview has been condensed and edited.Q: Before the pandemic you were perhaps best known for your committed stance on addressing climate change. Some of the...WW…