Georgia to allow some shuttered businesses to reopen amid pandemic

[RamblingRose]

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 state’s economy to stem the spread of the disease.

The governor’s 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 I’m honored to serve,” said Kemp, who said Georgia’s drastic measures helped ease the pressure on the state’s healthcare network.



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[RamblingRose]

1. Gyms? WTF!! n/t

[scarletwoman]

2. Theaters? WTF, also!! (nt)

[brooklynite]

9. In the lead to the NYS lockdown, the City was limiting theater capacity to 50% oof seating...

...spacing out people in every other seat.

[forkol]

24. I am going to cancel my two monthly

gym memberships, and I live in Georgia.

No way I feel comfortable going to a gym until there's a vaccine.

[killaphill]

29. Some scientists are saying there might never be a vaccine.

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/04/will-there-be-a-coronavirus-vaccine-maybe-not.html

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/18/dont-bet-on-vaccine-to-protect-us-from-covid-19-says-world-health-expert

[Sloumeau]

3. After Jacksonville, Florida opened its beaches,

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]

4. They just can't stand it until

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]

5. Kemp is a moron.

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.

[RamblingRose]

7. +1

[jezebel321]

6. my husband is a general manager of a Restaurant in Atlanta. Now I have to pray the Mayor overides

this assinine inbred hillbilly MFer Governor who is working to get my husband, me or my kids killed.

[abenavraham2020]

20. I think the A$$HOLE, as part of his "order",

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]

8. What could go wrong?

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]

10. I'm boycotting any business forever who exposes its employees to risk

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]

17. I'm in GA, too. My niece who lives next door is a hairdresser. We are all wondering how one

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]

18. I really worry about people in close contact jobs like that

And it makes me so angry to think about them getting pressured into returning before it's safe.

[killaphill]

30. ??

Aren't Grocery Stores and Hardware stores exposing their employees to risk? They are both open now.

[morillon]

31. They're at risk, yes.

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]

11. How much you want to bet Trump is gonna have a rally there very soon

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]

12. Bingo! (nt)

[RamblingRose]

14. Yup. Campaigning with Perdue & Loeffler n/t

[durablend]

16. He'll have plexiglass in front of him

Wanna bet?

[Bengus81]

23. Devil will be going down to Georgia looking for some votes to steal............

[Bengus81]

25. If Trump doesn't have a rally there he's a HYPOCRITE...........

Go for it Donnie,all is well,temps are climbing and people have "cabin fever".

[DesertRat]

13. Watch for a spike in hospitalizations

Around May 10th

[durablend]

15. #SpreadThatCorona

So much for flattening the curve...

[EarthFirst]

19. Can these entities even run profitable under less than full occupancy restrictions?

If every third seat or table or fitness equipment is empty; you’re 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 wasn’t 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?

They’ll push unrestricted commerce far too soon after taking this ‘soft opening’ to the public when retail determines it isn’t enough...

We could have prevented all this; two months ago. But alas; here we are.

We’re in for the long haul now...

[greenjar_01]

21. Georgia had 94 deaths today, literally its most deaths in a day so far

Who the fuck is going into a GYM on Friday?!?

[Bengus81]

22. Kemp going to run around making sure that social distancing is happening?.....right

[lark]

26. The trumpers down here are truly ignorant assholes.

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]

27. Going to the gym is fine. Just exhale very gently and softly

under your mask

[muriel_volestrangler]

28. When the 7 day rolling average of new cases is still increasing

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.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EWFav2qU4AIIkNR?format=jpg&name=medium