Ex-FDA chief flabbergasted by Georgia: It's like they found all the riskiest businesses to open 1st

[Demovictory9]

https://www.rawstory.com/2020/04/ex-fda-chief-flabbergasted-by-georgia-its-like-they-found-all-the-riskiest-businesses-and-decided-to-open-those-first/

Ex-FDA chief flabbergasted by Georgia: It’s like they found all the riskiest businesses and decided to open those first

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb on Tuesday told CNBC that he didn’t understand Georgia’s plan to start re-opening businesses in the state.

Republican Gov. Brian Kemp announced Monday that certain businesses, such as fitness centers, would be allowed reopen this week despite the rise in coronavirus cases.

“Gyms, nail salons, bowling alleys, hair salons, tattoo parlors — it feels like they collected, you know, a list of the businesses that were most risky and decided to open those first,” Gottlieb remarked.

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[targetpractice]

1. Right? I just don't get this. n/t

[GopherGal]

2. Gyms, Nail salons, hair salons

... my first thought was that it sounds like they're trying to lure the beauty pageant crowd, really over-prioritizing the superficial.

But then:
bowling alleys, tattoo parlors...

The tattoo er "body art" parlors was the one that really gasted my flabber.

[targetpractice]

3. Two things, GopherGal....

You are are correct. How much more intimate contact can two people have than making/getting a tattoo?

Second, thing... "gasted my flabber" is one of my favorite things I've read on the internet. Thank you for that.

[Demovictory9]

16. and the tattooer / tattoee contact lasts for HOURS!!! while the tattooee is bleeding

[RainCaster]

4. It's like they're targeting GOP voters

Might as well open up:
* gun shops
* Nascar events
* Casinos

[ProfessorGAC]

5. The One In The List I Don't Get

Is bowling alleys. They might have to bag leagues, but it seems like keeping distance would be easy.
I suppose people hovering over the ball return racks, and all that ball surface is problematic.
The other businesses inherent issues are obvious.
If I was criticizing Kemp, I think I might leave that out and focus on gyms with group workouts, massages, and the like.
The bigger issue to me is:
It seems that steps could be taken to increase safety & guard against transmission, at least to a degree. But, how does Kemp enforce it?
Hair stylist reopens & takes no extra measures. Who reports it? Who investigates? What's the penalty?
Without those plans, it's the Wild West, and the old west wasn't the Wild West!

[LeftInTX]

12. Gun shops are probably already open

They never closed in Texas.

[Doreen]

20. They never closed I Washinton state either.

Well, maybe they did in other places but in my county they remained open.

[Mopar151]

13. I can only speak to motorsports in general, but

The whole sport depends on liability insurance, particularly on the spectator side. The few specialized agents/carriers are very savvy, and no way would they write insurance cover for bringing that crowd together.

[procon]

6. Maybe Republicans see those people as expendable.

What do they care about the people who own gyms, nail salons, bowling alleys, hair salons, and tattoo parlors, or their customers?

These aren't exactly essential services.

Throw the lot of 'em into the arena to be devoured by the corona virus and who make a big fuss? Lowlifes, riffraff, unworthy to live, they are the human guinea pigs, the canary in the coal mine to test out this new Republican theory of viral epidemiology.

The GOP didn't send out any CEOs, no yacht or Ferrari
dealerships, no posh jewellery store owbers or billionaire investors made the cut. No rich folks get to be pushed out first to either sink or swim depending on the whim of this mad virus.

What other excuse is there?

[IcyPeas]

14. Guinea pigs

This is exactly what I thought. They are being used. They are the canary in the coal mine. Sure, let's see what happens in a couple of weeks at these places.

SMH

[Midnight Writer]

17. Guinea pigs in a cage. Running to death on the wheel for scraps.

[SledDriver]

7. It's about destroying the middle class

Thus you're left with those in poverty and those with extreme wealth afterwards.

[Hortensis]

9. Good points from Mr. Gianoulidis. Thanks.

[Demovictory9]

15. yikes. I hadn't considered the implications

[Hermit-The-Prog]

26. It's an ongoing war for power.

[Brainfodder]

8. Big chain lobbyists perhap$?

Fools be fooling foolish fools?



Good Luck!

[JI7]

10. These are the businesses that were allowed to start opening in Italy first

Here are the shops added to the government's latest list of 'essential businesses' allowed to operate throughout quarantine:

Bookshops
Stationery shops
Children's clothing shops
Dry cleaners
Laundromats



https://www.thelocal.it/20200414/here-are-the-businesses-that-can-start-reopening-in-italy

[Doreen]

21. Where I am at the laundromat, dry cleaners, and

Staples never shut at all. I can understand the first 2 but Staples?

[JI7]

22. office supply can be seen as essential

[Doreen]

23. It seems weird.

That might seem weird to me because it has been busier now than it was before this.

[Demovictory9]

25. smart

[Renew Deal]

11. It really is crazy.

All of those are high touch interactions.

[brer cat]

18. Those of us in GA who are sane and responsible

have no intention of going out to these open establishments. We are flabbergasted also.

[IronLionZion]

19. Republicans should all take a nice cruise together

to get away from the socialist oppression since it's all a liberal hoax.

[Blue Owl]

24. Gettin' real stupid 'yo