Even so, many other states are quietly considering similar moves to Georgia’s. Public-health officials broadly agree that reopening businesses-especially those that require close physical contact-in places where the virus has already spread will kill people. Kemp’s move to reopen was condemned by scientists, high-ranking Republicans from his own state, and Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms it even drew a public rebuke from President Donald Trump, who had reportedly approved the measures before distancing himself from the governor amid the backlash. That testing capacity-which public-health leaders consider necessary for safely ending lockdowns-has lagged behind the nation’s for much of the past two months. Georgia has been hit particularly hard by the pandemic, and the state’s testing efforts have provided an incomplete look at how far the virus continues to spread. For weeks, Americans have watched the coronavirus sweep from city to city, overwhelming hospitals, traumatizing health-care workers, and leaving tens of thousands of bodies in makeshift morgues. Kemp’s order shocked people across the country. “If we tried to open on Monday, we’d be closed in two weeks, probably for good and with more debt on our hands.” “We can’t figure out a way to make the numbers work to sustain business and pay rent and pay everybody to go back and risk their lives,” he told me. Canavaggio has spent days crunching the numbers to figure out whether reopening his bar is worth the safety risk, or even feasible in the first place, given how persistent safety concerns could crater demand for a leisurely indoor happy hour. The U-turn has left Georgians scrambling.
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Yesterday, restaurants and movie theaters came back. On Friday, gyms, churches, hair and nail salons, and tattoo parlors were allowed to reopen, if the owners were willing. The state’s governor, Brian Kemp, followed in early April with a statewide shutdown.īut then the governor sent Canavaggio into what he calls “spreadsheet hell.” In an announcement last week, Kemp abruptly reversed course on the shutdown, ending many of his own restrictions on businesses and overruling those put in place by mayors throughout the state. Local officials in Athens issued Georgia’s first local shelter-in-place order on March 19, canceling the events that usually make spring a busy time for Athens bars and effectively eliminating the city’s rowdy downtown party district built around the University of Georgia. As a bar manager at the Globe in Athens, Georgia, Canavaggio hasn’t been allowed to work for weeks. At first, Derek Canavaggio thought he would be able to ride out the coronavirus pandemic at home until things were safe.
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