Georgia to allow some shuttered businesses to reopen amid pandemic
Source: Atlanta Journal Constitution
Gov. Brian Kemp outlined plans Monday to allow some businesses shuttered amid the coronavirus pandemic to reopen by the end of the week, as he starts to ease restrictions that have ravaged the states economy to stem the spread of the disease.
The governors order will allow gyms, bowling alleys, salons and some other indoor facilities closed under his shelter in place order to resume operations by Friday as long as they comply with social distancing requirements and meet other safety standards.
And restaurants, which were banned from in-person dining, will be allowed to reopen on April 27 if they meet guidelines his office will release later this week. Theaters will also be covered by those new standards. Bars and nightclubs will stay shuttered.
These are tough moments in our state and our nation. I hear the concerns of those that Im honored to serve, said Kemp, who said Georgias drastic measures helped ease the pressure on the states healthcare network.
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RamblingRose
(1,038 posts)scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)brooklynite
(94,644 posts)...spacing out people in every other seat.
forkol
(113 posts)gym memberships, and I live in Georgia.
No way I feel comfortable going to a gym until there's a vaccine.
killaphill
(212 posts)Sloumeau
(2,657 posts)whereupon hundreds descended upon the beaches--all while ignoring social distancing--all with Florida Governor DeSantis' approval, Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp had only one response: "Hold my beer, I can screw up bigger than that!"
Chainfire
(17,576 posts)The get wave II rolling. There are a bunch of insane party hacks in office in this country. We need a general house cleaning to sweep out the trash.
kellytore
(182 posts)I live in Georgia and I know someone who has symptoms and received a test last Thursday. She still has no results because they are so far behind in testing. WTF How in the hell can you open back up when people with symptoms can't find out if they have it. Republican lawmakers will end up killing more citizens because they don't know how to govern and put profits over people.
jezebel321
(278 posts)this assinine inbred hillbilly MFer Governor who is working to get my husband, me or my kids killed.
abenavraham2020
(7 posts)is denying ANYONE (Mayors, local counties, cities, etc) the ability to "undercut" him by issuing more restrictive (or even lessing) his order, so basically, NO - it (Kemp) is an ass just like tRUMP and sees itself as a supreme ruler just like the orange anus...
Newest Reality
(12,712 posts)Bring out your dead?
Oh, it will be great. Fine. Fun. Exciting. Open! At least, for a couple weeks until the Mother of Waves breaks out.
Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow, (or a dozen or so of them) we may, (very possible) die.
morillon
(1,185 posts)I live in Georgia, too, and if ANY of the hair salons I'm connected with put their people in harm's way, I'm boycotting them and badmouthing them and encouraging all my friends to do the same.
This reopening isn't about the workers, who really really really don't want these anti-science idiots breathing virus all over them. It's the fascists who want this.
Fuck these people sideways with a shovel.
japple
(9,834 posts)would maintain social distancing while cutting someone's hair! Would that be like an Edward Scissorhands thing?
ETA: My niece has not cut our hair since just before the 1st week of March. We're all a bit ragged, but we can wait a few more weeks.
morillon
(1,185 posts)And it makes me so angry to think about them getting pressured into returning before it's safe.
Aren't Grocery Stores and Hardware stores exposing their employees to risk? They are both open now.
morillon
(1,185 posts)But getting food to people and providing supplies to fix household emergencies are critical functions. People in those jobs should be protected and compensated. (They aren't, but they should.)
Getting a root touch-up isn't worth anyone's life, the stylist's or the customer's, and any business owner putting their stylists in harm's way is an asshole.
The empressof all
(29,098 posts)He'll probably pull it together really quick before the death count rises....Of course his stage will be set far back from the infected throngs of his cult members..... He needs to feed his ego no matter how many lives are lost.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)RamblingRose
(1,038 posts)durablend
(7,462 posts)Wanna bet?
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Bengus81
(6,932 posts)Go for it Donnie,all is well,temps are climbing and people have "cabin fever".
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Around May 10th
durablend
(7,462 posts)So much for flattening the curve...
EarthFirst
(2,901 posts)If every third seat or table or fitness equipment is empty; youre running at 1/3 occupancy; is this even profitable?
The overhead and payroll; is it even worth it?
Many restaurants found that even the curbside only option wasnt profitable and forced to shutter to save costs on utilities; payroll; taxes etc. after giving it a shot. How will opening to seat the same amount of people you served curbside be profitable?
Theyll push unrestricted commerce far too soon after taking this soft opening to the public when retail determines it isnt enough...
We could have prevented all this; two months ago. But alas; here we are.
Were in for the long haul now...
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)Who the fuck is going into a GYM on Friday?!?
Bengus81
(6,932 posts)lark
(23,134 posts)I live in No. FL. and on the radio yesterday the personalities on Sports Talk were all just going crazy, talking about a trip to GA to work out at the gym, get their hair cut and have a meal at a restaurant. One of their on-air personalities had CV19 and was in ICU for 5 days, and this is an athlete with no prior conditions. Fucking idiots. I turned back to music.
dalton99a
(81,543 posts)under your mask
muriel_volestrangler
(101,336 posts)Link to tweet
(Tom Bossert is the former Homeland Security Adviser to Trump who took pandemics seriously, and was then sacked)
Georgia's #Covid numbers don't meet the 1st gating criterion. Cases trending up @GovKemp, if disease transmission picks up after a rush to lift interventions, GA would pay the full cost of interventions w/out the benefit, esp. if you return to lock down. ~18k cases, 726 deaths.
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