Alabama loosening restrictions, more businesses allowed to reopen (WSFA-TV)

[eppur_se_muova]

May 8, 2020 at 8:58 AM CDT - Updated May 8 at 12:42 PM

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Gov. Kay Ivey, in a news conference with State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris, announced Friday morning she is updating her Safer-At-Home order related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ivey will loosen restrictions on many gatherings and allow more businesses to reopen, but she’s giving a warning. “The threat of this disease continues to be active and it is deadly.”

As a result of the update, several changes will go into effect Monday at 5 p.m. Those include:

Non-work gatherings: Removing 10 person limit, which means church services can be held. Still required to maintain 6 feet of distance between person not from same household.
Restaurants, bars and breweries: May open with limited table seating, 6 feet between tables and subject to additional sanitation rules and guidelines
Athletic facilities (such as fitness centers and commercial gyms): Athletic facilities may open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines. Specified athletic activities are still not allowed.
Close-contact service providers: Close-contact service providers (such as barber shops, hair salons, nail salons, tattoo services) may open subject to social-distancing and sanitation rules and guidelines.
Beaches: Open with no limit on gatherings. Must maintain 6 feet of separation.

[READ MORE: Salons, other services allowed to reopen Monday with restrictions]

Some things will remain the same, however. The governor’s order keeps in place a limit on all retail stores to a 50 percent occupancy rate. Entertainment venues, night clubs, theaters, and bowling alleys will remain closed.
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more: https://www.wsfa.com/2020/05/08/alabama-loosening-restrictions-more-businesses-allowed-reopen/




For a Repug, she's being surprisingly cautious, though it's not enough. I thoroughly disagree with her claim that Alabamians have been following the current health order. In the last several days, I've been seeing more people without masks than with, when I had felt earlier that people were mostly being reasonably cautious about staying home and wearing masks. This after two of my mother's friends (i.e. older folks) have tested positive for COVID-19.

[LeftInTX]

1. That's pretty much like Texas'

Theaters are open, but we have only a 25% capacity for retail. Everything else is pretty much the same as Texas.

I don't feel Abbott is being cautious enough....I support the 25% retail, but I am against: Restaurants, theaters, gyms, salons etc.
I'm OK with beaches etc if people maintain their distance. Part of the problem with beaches is that there seems to be no enforcement on distancing.

[Cobalt Violet]

2. No masks need in a salon.

Wow. Lots will spread and spread.