Alabama to partially reopen despite rising coronavirus

[yaesu]

Source: The Hill

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey (R) said Tuesday that she will allow retailers, some businesses and state beaches to reopen on Thursday, despite acknowledging that Alabama’s number of COVID-19 cases is still rising.

Ivey said she will not extend the state’s expiring stay-at-home order, but will issue a new “safer at home” order, effective Thursday, that encourages, but doesn’t require, people to stay home.

Businesses will be allowed to open if they follow sanitation and social-distancing guidelines, but “higher-risk” establishments — including gyms, theaters, bowling alleys and night clubs — will remain closed. All retail stores will be able to open at a 50 percent occupancy rate.

Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/495059-alabama-to-partially-reopen-despite-rising-coronavirus-cases

[Roy Rolling]

1. Because, You Know

Guidelines are made to be broken if you’re a state governor from the chosen party.

[jimfields33]

2. 242 deaths. That's all there looking at I'm convinced!

They have six thousand positives but obviously they are recovering. I don’t think people believe the state will be New York.

[Igel]

3. At the point "it'll be like NY" rings hollow.

People keep predicting it, in some cases all but declaring it a done deal, but it keeps not happening.

New York--the NY metroplex--has been exceptional so far in a not-so-great way.

[jimfields33]

4. Yeah! We heard for two months Florida was going to be New York

Thank God we didn’t hold our breaths.

[Steelrolled]

6. You are right. NYC metro area and Alabama are not the same

and the trend data proves it.

The big fear initially was that hospitals would be swamped. I don't think that has occurred very much at all in states like Alabama, Texas, etc. Hospital staff in these places have been gearing up for the big surge, and are still waiting. I love hearing those stories, and hope they stay that way.

[mwb970]

5. Another experiment conducted on willing red-state subjects.

Let's see what happens in these places and adjust our plans accordingly.